motivation

英 [ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃn]

美 [ˌmoʊtɪˈveɪʃn]

n.  动机; 动力; 诱因

复数：motivations　

高考TOEFLIELTSTEM8BEC医学

Collins.2 / BNC.3870 / COCA.3126

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 动力;诱因
  Yourmotivationfor doing something is what causes you to want to do it.
  1. Money is my motivation...
     金钱是我的动力。
  2. The timing of the attack, and its motivations, are unknown.
     袭击发生的时间及其动机尚不清楚。

英英释义

noun

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
  1. we did not understand his motivation
  2. he acted with the best of motives
  Synonym:motiveneed
• the act of motivating
  Synonym:motivating
• the condition of being motivated
  1. his motivation was at a high level

双语例句

• I think the internal recruitment is good for motivation.
  我认为内部招聘对激发员工的积极性有好处。
• Innate ability, personality, circumstances and an unusual level of motivation all play a role.
  个性、环境因素、天赋的才干和超常的积极性都起了作用。
• This is most unfavourable to our commitment to creating an environment that breeds loyalty and motivation.
  这对我们承诺去创造一个具有忠诚度和积极性的环境时极为不利的。
• We may say that the innovation is the motivation of the development.
  我们可以说：创新是发展的动力。
• Another reason is that any major accomplishment requires motivation and persistence.
  另一个原因是任何大的成就都需要动力和毅力。
• To promote the quality policy and quality objectives throughout the organization to increase awareness, motivation and involvement;
  通过增强员工的意识、积极性和参与程度，在整个组织内促进质量方针和质量目标的实现；
• The accomplishment of the project gave me more motivation and confidence to continue my study.
  这个项目的顺利完成，是我有更大的动力和信心继续我的学习。
• Unless you are trying to lose weight to please yourself, it's going to be tough to keep your motivation level high
  除非减肥是为了悦已，否则很难保持积极性。
• Yet hardly any money has been spent on understanding the human motivation related to mealtime insulin and the reasons for this failure.
  然而几乎没有任何美元被用来研究和进餐时间胰岛素服用有关的人类激励及其失败的原因。
• He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
  他承认自己缺乏动力，总想犯懒。