motivate
美 [ˈmoʊtɪˌveɪt] 
英 [ˈməʊtɪveɪt]
- v.激励；激发；成为…的动机；是…的原因
- 网络促动；促使；鼓励
词形变化
第三人称单数：motivates 现在分词：motivating 过去式：motivated 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [oftpass] ~ sb 成为…的动机；是…的原因to be the reason why sb does sth or behaves in a particular way |
| He is motivated entirely by self-interest. 他做事完全出于私利。 |
2. | 推动…甘愿苦干；激励；激发to make sb want to do sth, especially sth that involves hard work and effort |
| She's very good at motivating her students. 她非常擅长激励她的学生。 |
| The plan is designed to motivate employees to work more efficiently. 这个计划旨在促使员工更加卓有成效地工作。 |
3. | ~ sth （就所说的话）给出理由；说明…的原因to give reasons for sth that you have stated |
| Please motivate your answer to question 5. 请解释你对第 5 题所作的回答。 |
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例句
Able to motivate encourage and negotiate with suppliers to meet the company requirements.
能够与供应商商讨并且激发鼓励他们去满足公司的要求。
When communicating with your child, always maintain your sense of humor and pleasant mood to motivate him to continue speaking.
当您与孩子沟通时，应该尽量保持幽默感及愉快的心情，这样比较能够激发孩子说话；
He hung a poster of Ian Crocker above his bed after his team mate beat him at the 2003 World Championships to help motivate him for Athens.
他还把队友克罗克（IanCrocker）的大海报贴在床头激励自己，克罗克曾在03年世锦赛上战胜菲尔普斯。
Record your progress. Monitoring how much you've improved will help motivate you.
记录下你的进步。跟踪记录自己的进步将会帮助你激励自己。
If you're not trying to persuade people for the kingdom, what would motivate you to do so?
如果你还没有为神的国劝人，那么什么才能够激励你这么做呢？
To motivate you, it might be beneficial to see what others have done, but do not compare.
要给与动机你，理解其他者已经做，但是不比较的可能是有益的。
Service-oriented companies motivate, train and empower their employees to act like the company they work for is their own business.
本公司服务的激励，培训和授权员工行为像他们工作的公司是他们自己的事。
I don't know for a certain, but I do believe she was the person who asked the VP to help motivate the team.
虽然我并不清楚，但是我相信她一定是那个请副主席来帮忙激发团队的人。
This article is not intended to open old memory or to motivate sentiment among ethnics at all.
我写这篇文章绝不是为了揭开伤疤或者激发种族冲突的情绪。
Regardless of what you learn, your taking the time to ask is enough to motivate your employees and inspire their loyalty.
不管你最终了解到了什么，至少你花了时间去问就足以激励你员工并提升他们的忠诚。
We desperately need that and the power of a God who can motivate you to believe that you can become what you want to become.
那是我们极需要的，一位有能力推动你的神，使你相信你能成为你想成为的。
But I think there's a better approach than trying to motivate yourself with the human equivalent of canine obedience training.
但我想应当有一个更好的方法，这个方法比你那种通过类似训犬的方法来获得动力强的多。
Make up your own words to your favorite tunes; dance around the living room with your children; and use music to motivate room cleaning.
用你们自己的歌词和着你们最爱的曲调；和你的孩子们一起在客厅里一圈圈地跳舞；而后用音乐让做家务不那么无聊。
He was able to influence and motivate people because he understood what mattered to them and was an excellent communicator.
他能够影响和激励员工，因为他明白对他们重要的，是一位优秀的沟通。
Election activity has surged in the past few days with both major parties trying to motivate their supporters to vote.
选举活动在过去几天开始升温，两大政党都在试图动员他们的支持者投票。
A new pair of running tights or a cozy fleece will help motivate you to get out for a run.
一套新的运动紧身衣或者舒适的羊毛会帮助激发你出去跑步。
It can help you know what's needed to help & assist them or to motivate them into taking positive actions.
它会帮你找到如何有效的帮助和支持别人，激励他们投入到积极的行动中去。
Daydreaming can motivate you and give you a clear idea of what you want your end goal to be, but it won't help you get there any faster.
白日梦能激励你并给你一个终极目标的清晰轮廓，但是它不能让你继续前进。
At the other extreme there are people who seem to have no ability to do this; they need a boss to motivate them.
另一个极端的人却一点都做不到；需要老板来激励他们。
Annie has always liked Troy and could motivate him to be more focused. But can their relationship be more than just a high school crush?
安妮一直喜欢特洛伊，也能激励他更专心。但是他们的关系能超出高中的一时迷恋吗？
There is only so long that you can go trying to motivate yourself to do something you don't like to do, something you don't want to do.
从事自己不喜欢不想做的事情时，动机只能驱使你尝试有限的一段时间。
"My behavior is always correct, and I always try to motivate people, " he said.
“我的行为举止一直都很得体，我总是试着激发人们的上进心，”他说。
The next criterion is that the boss must sound as if he is on the same planet as the people he is trying to motivate.
第二个标准是，老板的话必须听上去让人觉得他和自己试图激励的人同处在一个星球上。
Focus on deciding what will motivate you to get out of bed in the morning.
先集中弄清楚是什么促使你一大早从床上爬起来。
The Examination systems do not motivate a student to read widely, but train one to think independently.
我们的考试制度不会促使学生广泛阅读，只是训练他们独立思考问题的能力。
Self-sufficiency: They have to be able to self-manage, self-motivate, self-organize and think critically for themselves.
自给自足：他们必须有自我管理、自我激励、自我组织和批判性地思考的能力。
You know you need to work on an action step, and you try to keep the end goal in mind to motivate yourself.
你知道你需要完成每一小步，然后牢记最终目标以激励自己。
No, we don't say that because we know we can teach and motivate and cajole the typical kid to be able to do all of these things.
所以我们不说。因为我们知道，我们可以教他，引导他慢慢学会做所有他该会的事情。
If you're on this top-10 list, hopefully it will motivate you to be better prepared in the event of a large earthquake.
如果你是在上述名单列举的地区，那麽你最好做好可能发生大地震的准备。
Today, I found out that my friend uses pictures of me to motivate her to work out.
今天我发现有个朋友用我的照片作为激励他的工具！
Every time, a Capricorn man is ready to share knowledge with others and motivate people around him.
摩羯男往往喜欢同别人分享自己的知识，并激励周围的人们。
Positive stress that occurs when your level of stress is high enough to motivate you to move into action to get things accomplished.
积极压力。当你的压力程度足够高时，就会激发你采取行动，完成事情。
And I found myself the Friday after September 11th -- two days afterwards -- literally unable to motivate anyone and to do anything.
就在911后的礼拜五--也就是事情发生两天之后--我发现自己基本上不能激励任何人去做任何事了。
To motivate employees, managers need to reward achievements and progress toward goals by employees much more frequently than once a year.
为了激励员工，管理者对那些符合组织目标的成就，一年才仅奖励是远远不够的。
Setting reasonable targets is a good way to motivate you. You could set yourself a time limit or aim for a certain level of proficiency .
确立一个合理的目标是一种很好的激励自己的方法。你可以给自己制定一个时间表或是定在某一个熟练程度。
It is great having role models and looking up to people that motivate us but let me ask you this.
有自己的榜样并且能尊敬那些激励自己的人是很好的，但是让我问你个问题。
It will remind you and motivate you to continue. Furthermore you will create a habit of responding positively to the keyword.
这会激励你不断前进，继而使你对关键词做出积极的反应。
And if you're not ready to get back to your life yet, read How to Motivate Yourself - Amelia Earhart!
如果你还没准备好回归你自己的生活，读读这个吧--阿米莉亚·诶而哈特的《怎样激发自己》。
And understanding that the modern players can only motivate themselves, Jackson's leadership has to be much more subtle.
菲尔明白现在的球员想要激发斗志只能靠他自己，因此他和他的的领导层必须要更加谨慎和狡猾才能做到这点。
Experience firsthand that your actions have consequences, and that will motivate you to take more focused action.
你的行为所带来的第一手的经验的结果是，那将促使你采取更有针对性的行动。
