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

• 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。
• These include creativity and entrepreneurship, but also interpersonal skills such as motivation, persuasion, nurturing and caring.
  其中包括创造力和创业精神，还包括人际交往能力，例如激励、说服、培养和关怀。
• This disparity underlines the motivation behind and the importance of earning a college degree.
  这个差距强调了背后的学习动力和取得大学学历的重要性。
• 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。
• Learning motivation includes goals, wishes, attitudes and efforts.
  摘要学习动机包括目标、愿望、态度和努力程度。
• 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。
• The emotional factors such as motivation, confidence and anxiety exert remarkable influence in English teaching.
  动机、自信和焦虑等情感因素对英语教学实践具有重要影响。
• 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。
• Subjectivity and subjectification is an important motivation to the formation and development of syntactic structures.
  主观性和主观化是句子结构形成和变化的一个重要契机。
• He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
  他承认自己缺乏动力，总想犯懒。