motivate

英 ['məʊtɪveɪt] 美['motə'vet]

近义词move occasion stimulate refresh hasten actuate force prick propel

vt. 刺激；使有动机；激发…的积极性

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第三人称单数: motivates;过去式: motivated;过去分词: motivated;现在分词: motivating;名词: motivation; motivator;形容词: motivated; motivational;

中文词源

motivate 激励，激发

来自motive,动机，-ive,使。比喻用法。

英英释意

1. give an incentive for action;: "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

英文词源

motivate (v.): 1863, "to stimulate toward action," from motive + -ate (2); perhaps modeled on French motiver or German motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.

同义词辨析

motivate, drive, prompt

这些动词均含"促使，驱使"之意。

motivate：强调驱使人们采取行动的原因或动机。

drive：侧重外来的驱策力和内心的感情力量的驱使。

prompt与motivate近义，强调起因。

考试真题

Hackman ( ' , who died in 2013) noted that teams are hindered by problems of co-ordination and motivation that chip away at the benefits of collaboration.

Now a third and far more significant motivation presents itself: meeting these goals may be necessary to prevent the collapse of our civilization.

What motivates employees to do their jobs well? Competition with coworkers, for some.

The principle is about understanding what is motivating to this group of players, which requires some understanding of psychology.

Some people, Werbach says, are motivated by competition.

Some employees found the board motivating.

Others are more motivated by collaboration and social experiences.

Motivated students.

Informing students about the brain as a learning machine is a good strategy to enhance their motivation for learning.

In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to blame.

I first began to investigate the basis of human motivation—and how people persevere after setbacks—as a psychology graduate student at Yale University in the 1960s.

Despite being unaware that there were two types of instruction, teachers reported significant motivational changes in 27% of the children in the growth mind-set workshop as compared with only 9% of students in the control group.

Cracker Jacks has been gamifying its snack food by putting a small prize inside for more than 100 years, he adds, and the turn-ofthe- century steel magnate ( ' , 巨头) Charles Schwab is said to have often come into his factory and written the number of tons of steel produced on the past shift on the factory floor, thus motivating the next shift of workers to beat the previous one.

A gamification strategy that is not sufficiently thought through or well tailored to its players may engage people for a little while, but it will not motivate people in the long term.

The reason it hasn't caught on yet, he tells me, is that the functionality of e-edition textbooks is incredibly limited, and some students just aren't motivated to learn new study behavior.

Textbook versions are constantly updated, motivating publishers by minimizing production costs (the big ones like McGraw-Hill are already on board).

But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don't is their ability to stay motivated.

Being surrounded by white peers motivates a black student to work harder to succeed.

deprive colleges of the right to manage their facilitiesmake workers less motivated in performing dutiesrender a number of campus workers joblesslead to the privatization of campus facilitiesThe outsourcing plan is not yet finalized.

Research finds that if employees suffer from high stress, they will be less motivated, less productive and more likely to quit.

It will motivate all nations to reduce carbon emissions.

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

We need to understand what motivates people, what it is that allows them to make change, says Professor Neil Adger, of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in Norwich.

To find effective solutions to climate change, it is necessary to understand what motivates people to make change.

Take your average trade union member, chances are they will be politically motivated and be used to collective action— much like Erica Gregory.

It motivates you more if you know that you've got to provide feedback to a group.

It can motivate average students.

On occasions it is the fear that certain disclosures may be unacceptable to family or friends that motivates an individual to seek professional help.

And yet, the same motivation that can push people to exert more effort in a constructive way could also motivate people to be more likely to engage in unethical behaviors," says Maurice Schweitzer, an associate professor at Penn's Wharton School.

A prime example Schweitzer and his colleagues cite is the 2004 collapse of energy-trading giant Enron, where managers used financial incentives to motivate salesmen to meet specific revenue goals

Goal-setting does help coordinate and motivate people.

According to the college, the plan is designed for high-ability, highly motivated student who wish to save money or to move along more rapidly toward advanced degrees.

Campuses willing to adopt convenient schedules along with more focused, less-expensive degrees may find that they have a competitive advantage in attracting bright, motivated students

Convenient academic schedules with more-focused, less-expensive degrees will be more attractive to bright, motivated students.

They are usually more motivated to compete with their peers.

The stars were people who knew how to get along, who knew how to motivate themselves, usually the kind of people you like to hang out with.

To motivate visitors to bring in more old shoes, Adidas Brazil promotes the program in stores by showing videos to educate customers, and it even offers a discount each time a customer brings in an old pair of shoes.

Additionally, group exercise creates a community feel and the shared common goal motivates participants to work hard.

Deliberate practice activities require effort, produce no immediate rewards, and are motivated by the goal of improving performance rather than the goal of enjoyment.

Researchers have identified several factors that motivate people to get involved.

They motivate workers, and they make an impression on people who visit and might be potential, or prospective, customers.

While some people are motivated by a need for success, others are motivated by a fear of failure.

You should reassess your goals, and motivate yourself to set a fresh goal.

What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”—protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.

Asked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNutt said: “The creation of the ‘statistics board’ was motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science’s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish.

Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.

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He is motivated entirely by self-interest.: 他做事完全出于私利。

She's very good at motivating her students.: 她非常擅长激励她的学生。

The plan is designed to motivate employees to work more efficiently.: 这个计划旨在促使员工更加卓有成效地工作。

Please motivate your answer to question 5.: 请解释你对第5题所作的回答。

a racially motivated attack: 种族问题引发的攻击

a highly motivated student (= one who is very interested and works hard): 学习积极性很高的学生

[可数名词, 不可数名词]What is the motivation behind this sudden change?: 这种突然转变背后的动机是什么？

Most people said that pay was their main motivation for working.: 大多数人说赚取报酬是他们工作的主要动机。

He's intelligent enough but he lacks motivation.: 他很聪明，但缺乏积极性。

(South African English)All research proposals must be accompanied by a full motivation.: 所有研究计划书均须详述研究动机。

(formal)an important motivational factor: 重要的促进因素

Desire for status can be a powerful motivator.: 追逐地位的欲望可以成为强大的动力。

They are motivated by a need to achieve...: 对成功的渴望激励着他们。

The crime was not politically motivated...: 该犯罪行为没有政治动机。

How do you motivate people to work hard and efficiently?...: 你是怎样激励大家奋发高效地工作的？

Never let it be said that the manager doesn't know how to motivate his players.: 绝对不要让人说这位主教练不知道如何激励他的队员。

You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them.: 你首先得激发孩子的学习兴趣,然后再去教他们.

The teacher all he could to motivate the students to study hard.: 老师尽全力激发学生努力学习.

Leading by example and influencing is the driver to motivate advancement.: 以身作则、发挥影响力是鼓舞我们前进的驱动力.

You can set better'targets'to motivate better results.: 你可以通过设定更高的目标来争取更好的结果.

Itstwo string resonates thick sad sounds, which often motivate tears and deep thoughts.: 二胡的两根弦弹奏出浓郁悲伤的曲调, 经常让人听之落泪,发人深思.

Able to work collaboratively with factory management and motivate them to improve.: 有能力与工厂员工合作,并改善工作.

Budgets represent targets that are intended to motivate managers to strive to achieve the organization's objectives.: 预算是一种目标,可激励经理去努力实现公司的目标.

Ability to motivate restaurant staff and maintain a cohesive team.: 能够激励餐厅员工并团结大家,使团队具有凝聚力.

For an organization to excel, it must attract, retain and motivate the best people.: 组织如想大方异彩, 就必须吸引、留住和激励一流人才.

This last question is discussed in computational number theory; the rest motivate this article.: 这最后的问题是讨论的计算数论, 其余的激励本条.

I motivate myself to play my best game by reading and listening to inspirational books.: 我激励自己好好去读和听励志书籍或有声读物.

I inspire, encourage and motivate by believing in what I do.: 我信仰我的所为能鼓舞, 鼓励和激发他人.

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