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

• He admitted a lack of motivation and a feeling of sloth.
  他承认自己缺乏动力，总想犯懒。
• 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。
• 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。
• We do not have imagination or motivation.
  我们没有想象力或动机。
• Explain how goal-setting and reinforcement theories explain employee motivation.
  解释目标设置理论和强化理论怎么解释员工激励。
• 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。
• 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。
• Because the motivation was technology and product, this is just the beginning of what I want to do.
  我的动机是技术和产品，对于我想做的事，现在这些只是一个开始。
• 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。
• 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。