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。
• I believe my experience with people, my hard work, and motivation make me perfect for this job.
  我相信我和人们打交道的经验、我的努力以及积极性是我成为这份工作理想的人选。
• Motivation and pressure are considered two factors impacting vocational senior high school student learning.
  动机和压力是影响职业高中学生学习水平的两个因素。
• 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。
• Subjectivity and subjectification is an important motivation to the formation and development of syntactic structures.
  主观性和主观化是句子结构形成和变化的一个重要契机。
• I was genuinely impressed by the dedication and motivation of Chinese students.
  中国学生的这种付出和干劲确实给我留下了深深的印象。
• 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。
• We may say that the innovation is the motivation of the development.
  我们可以说：创新是发展的动力。
• Money is my motivation
  金钱是我的动力。
• This is most unfavourable to our commitment to creating an environment that breeds loyalty and motivation.
  这对我们承诺去创造一个具有忠诚度和积极性的环境时极为不利的。