motivates

英 [ˈməʊtɪveɪts]

美 [ˈmoʊtɪveɪts]

v.  成为…的动机; 是…的原因; 推动…甘愿苦干; 激励; 激发; (就所说的话)给出理由; 说明…的原因
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柯林斯词典

• VERB (尤指情绪)激发，激励，驱使
  If youare motivatedby something, especially an emotion, it causes you to behave in a particular way.
  1. They are motivated by a need to achieve...
     对成功的渴望激励着他们。
  2. The crime was not politically motivated...
     该犯罪行为没有政治动机。
  3. I don't want to be missing out. And that motivates me to get up and do something every day.
     我不想被落下。这促使我行动起来每天做点事。
• VERB 使决心做;使决意做
  If someonemotivatesyou to do something, they make you feel determined to do it.
  1. 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？
  2. 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。

双语例句

• The story, not other people's behavior, both motivates and excuses their hostility.
  是故事而不是别人的行为激发了、还庇护了这些人的敌意。
• A desire to go to medical school motivates her to study hard everyday.
  她希望上医学院，这成了她每天努力学习的动力。
• His success motivates me.
  他的成功对我有激励作用。
• Take some time to think about what motivates and inspires you.
  花一些时间考虑以下什么会给你带来动力和鼓舞。
• This fact motivates the introduction of a new type of numbers.
  这一事实导致一种新的类型的数的引入。
• That is why I believe we earned a precious point, one which motivates us in view of Saturday's tie with Genoa.
  那也是我为什么认为我们获得了宝贵的一分，这将激发我们为了周六和热那亚的比赛而奋斗。
• But what motivates me even more than the increased software quality is that it saves me development time.
  但对我而言，更刺激的是它不仅仅对提高代码质量有好处，而是节省了我的开发时间。
• What motivates this person? What excites you?
  什么能驱动你努力？什么事使你兴奋起来？
• So what motivates him?
  那么，是什么在激发他呢？
• Question: What motivates you?
  问：什么东西会激励你？