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motivation

/moh-tuh-vey-shuhn/US // ˌmoʊ təˈveɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃən) //

激励,积极性,动机,励志

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job.
    • : the state or condition of being motivated or having a strong reason to act or accomplish something: We know that these students have strong motivation to learn.
    • : something that motivates; inducement; incentive: Clearly, the company's long-term motivation is profit.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounambition, inspiration
Forms: motivations

Examples

  • Paying publishers to post to the platform, however, could be motivation enough for revenue-focused publishers to make more of an effort.

  • There’s ample motivation to push computing to its bitter limits and beyond.

  • In that talk, they mentioned that their motivation for schema markup was to be able to optimize content for both voice and search.

  • While it’s too early to say whether this crisis of conscience among advertisers is the result of deep introspection or canny PR, it’s got a lot easier for advertisers to act on either motivation thanks to curated marketplaces.

  • Part of his motivation is likely that as chief justice, he feels a responsibility to ensure that the court maintains its reputation as an even-handed institution.

  • “You ask me my motivation,” Marvin says, moving back into his tough guy persona again.

  • The mass dump suggests that whoever did this, their primary motivation was to embarrass Sony Pictures.

  • That is, we discussed character motivation, situation, and story continuity.

  • As the recruitment process begins, the question of motivation could also prove to be a hurdle.

  • At least part of the motivation for that change came from people coming out of the closet and putting a human face on the insult.

  • We must also commend Harris for supplying a consistent and relatively believable motivation for the main action.

  • His motivation of the dietary laws on the score of hygiene or of moderation and self-restraint is probably not true.

  • Certain crowd-movements in America to-day give marked evidence of this unconscious motivation.

  • Normally I wouldn't have bothered, but he had a rather special motivation.

  • Part of his motivation had been provided by the oil-beetle larvae.