motivate

Word family

mo·ti·vate /ˈməʊtɪveɪt $ ˈmoʊ-/ verb [transitiveT]

1 CAUSEto be the reason why someone does something 成为…的动机 SYN drive

Was he motivated solely by a desire for power?

他只是受到权欲的驱使吗？

motivate somebody to do something

We may never know what motivated him to kill his wife.

我们也许永远不会知道他谋杀妻子的动机是什么。

2 ENTHUSIASTICto make someone want to achieve something and make them willing to work hard in order to do this 激发，激励，促动

A good teacher has to be able to motivate her students.

好教师必须能够激发学生的积极性。

motivate somebody to do something

The profit-sharing plan is designed to motivate the staff to work hard.

利润分红计划旨在激励员工努力工作。

Examples from the Corpus

motivate• It's frustration that motivates babies to learn to walk.• It's often more difficult to motivate boys than girls.• He was motivated by a desire to help his fellow man.• Many in the Asian community feel that the police actions were motivated by racial bias.• Not all people are motivated by self-interest.• Ironically, it was the fear of congressional action against noncitizens that had finally motivated him to apply for citizenship.• It was abhorrence of waste of any kind of resource that motivated him.• It may even motivate his crowd.• Haguellar had successfully used the Davis Cup carrot to motivate his lower ranked players.• Every good teacher knows that criticism does not motivate learners.• To motivate others to implement their decisions, they need strong leadership qualities.• I don't know what motivates people to commit such crimes.• What can we do to motivate the players?• Only one third of workers said their supervisors know what motivates them to do their best work.• Whatever motivates you is most likely to motivate your people too.

motivate somebody to do something• The program aims to motivate teenage mothers to stay in school.

From Longman Business Dictionary

motivatemo·ti·vate /ˈməʊtəveɪtˈmoʊ-/ verb [transitiveT]

1HUMAN RESOURCESto encourage someone and make them want to work hard

The profit-sharing plan is designed to motivate the staff.

motivate somebody to do something

The project manager may have problems in motivating people to work for him.

2to be the reason why someone does something

What motivates a customer to buy a small green apple as opposed to a large red one?

Investors are primarily motivated to invest in a company’s shares on the basis of the company’s likely profitability.

—motivating adjectiveadj

A significant motivating factor for managers is the right to have authority over a particular area of work.

mo·ti·vate verb

Chinese

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5069 COCA: 3534

motivate verb
⇨ inspire (motivate the students) ⇨ make 4 (be motivated by self-interest)

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5069 COCA: 3534

motivate

To encourage someone to do or to not do something: encourage, persuade, convince...

To make someone feel excited, enthusiastic or impressed: inspire, attract, interest...

To make someone behave in a particular way: influence, motivate, condition...

Something that encourages something or someone: encouragement, persuasion, stimulus...

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