motivation

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1 [uncountableU]ENTHUSIASTIC eagerness and willingness to do something without needing to be told or forced to do it 动力，积极性

somebody’s motivation

efforts to improve employees’ motivation

提高员工积极性的努力

Jack is an intelligent pupil, but he lacks motivation.

杰克是一个很聪明的学生，但学习不够主动。

a high level of motivation

高度积极性

2 [countableC]REASON the reason why you want to do something 动机，原因

motivation for (doing) something

What was your motivation for becoming a teacher?

你为什么当了老师？

Escape can be a strong motivation for travel.

逃避现实有时是旅游的主要原因。

motivation behind

There is suspicion about the motivation behind the changes we are debating.

有人怀疑我们正在争论的这些变革背后的动机。

—motivational adjectiveadj

motivational speeches

鼓舞人心的演讲

Examples from the Corpus

motivation• Enthusiasm and motivation aren't usually problems for this team.• Aspirations, a sense of how we can realise our potential, give us power and motivation.• Deviant motivations, for example, are still taken as given; it is conformity rather than deviance that remains problematic.• His motivation for wanting to stay on as manager is to see England as the top team in the world.• Fame was the main motivation for their efforts.• It was a major motivation for him, but he also enjoyed canoeing and all outdoor activities.• She enjoyed the excitement of her work. Money was not her only motivation.• Participative management is a very powerful motivation because it enables employees to have some measure of influence and control over work-related activities.• That motivation disappeared when it was discovered that the universe is expanding.

motivation for (doing) something• Hence, they failed to recognize the inconsistency between their espoused motivations for management and how they derived satisfaction from work.• One reason is that it may not leave sufficient motivation for the individuals to set about increasing the value of the company.• The logical impenetrability of the administration's calculations at Camp David inevitably fuels speculation about the motivation for convening it.• None the less the motivation for it would come increasingly from the scholarship roles of the sociologists in society.• This is Gurr's full theoretical and comparative statement on the motivation for violent political conflict.• Allowing the client to choose in this way can often increase their motivation for the success of the treatment.

From Longman Business Dictionary

motivationmo·ti·va·tion /ˌməʊtəˈveɪʃənˌmoʊ-/ nounHUMAN RESOURCES

1[uncountableU] eagerness and willingness to do something without needing to be told or forced to do it

Some of the workers seem to lack motivation.

2[countableC] the reason why you want to do something

motivation for

What was your motivation for becoming a salesman?

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