motivates

英 [ˈməʊtɪveɪts]

美 [ˈmoʊtɪveɪts]

v.  成为…的动机; 是…的原因; 推动…甘愿苦干; 激励; 激发; (就所说的话)给出理由; 说明…的原因
motivate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (尤指情绪)激发，激励，驱使
  If youare motivatedby something, especially an emotion, it causes you to behave in a particular way.
  1. They are motivated by a need to achieve...
     对成功的渴望激励着他们。
  2. The crime was not politically motivated...
     该犯罪行为没有政治动机。
  3. I don't want to be missing out. And that motivates me to get up and do something every day.
     我不想被落下。这促使我行动起来每天做点事。
• VERB 使决心做;使决意做
  If someonemotivatesyou to do something, they make you feel determined to do it.
  1. How do you motivate people to work hard and efficiently?...
     你是怎样激励大家奋发高效地工作的？
  2. Never let it be said that the manager doesn't know how to motivate his players.
     绝对不要让人说这位主教练不知道如何激励他的队员。

双语例句

• You learn how to work with, what motivates people, what doesn't motivate people.
  你能学会如何和别人一起合作，知道什么能和什么不能激励别人。
• And this is the sort of confidence that motivates users to boost the network effect on your Web site.
  这也体现了一些自信，激励用户在您的Web站点中增强网络效应。
• Duane: And that feels good and motivates further learning.
  杜安：那样我们就会感觉更好，更有动力地学习了吧。
• Maximizing shareholder value is also not an objective that motivates employees on the front-line.
  将股东价值最大化也不是可以激励第一线员工的目标。
• But what motivates me even more than the increased software quality is that it saves me development time.
  但对我而言，更刺激的是它不仅仅对提高代码质量有好处，而是节省了我的开发时间。
• This fact motivates the introduction of a new type of numbers.
  这一事实导致一种新的类型的数的引入。
• Take some time to think about what motivates and inspires you.
  花一些时间考虑以下什么会给你带来动力和鼓舞。
• So what motivates him?
  那么，是什么在激发他呢？
• His laughter makes me angrier and the anger motivates me to act.
  他的笑使我更加愤怒，而愤怒激励我起身行动。
• What motivates him/ her in life?
  什么激励着他/她的生活？