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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3870 COCA: 3126

motivation

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
motivation /ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃən/ noun
plural motivations
motivation
/ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃən/
noun
plural motivations
Learner's definition of MOTIVATION
[noncount]
: the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something : the act or process of motivating someone激发;促使;激励
: the condition of being eager to act or work : the condition of being motivated积极性;动力
: a force or influence that causes someone to do something动机;诱因
[noncount]
[count]

— motivational

/ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃənl̟/ adjective
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3870 COCA: 3126

motivation

noun

mo·​ti·​va·​tion ˌmō-tə-ˈvā-shən How to pronounce motivation (audio)
1
a
: the act or process of motivating
Some students need motivation to help them through school.
b
: the condition of being motivated
employees who lack motivation
2
: a motivating force, stimulus, or influence : incentive, drive
the Old Testament heroes added religious motivation to the waging of war Richard Humble
The fear of failure was the motivation for his achievements.
motivational adjective
motivationally adverb

Example Sentences

Some students need motivation to help them through school. Many people have questioned her motivations in choosing to run for office at this time.
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Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of motivation was in 1873
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3870 COCA: 3126
motivation

noun¹

1keenness and willingness to do sth做事的積極性ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOTIVATION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgreat, high, powerful, strong極大的動力;高漲的積極性;強大的動力students with high motivation學習熱情高漲的學生his strong motivation to succeed他想取得成功的強大動力positive積極的動力low, poor積極性不高;幹勁不足extra額外的動力student學生的學習動機individual, personal個人的動機human人的動力internal, intrinsic內在的動機VERB + MOTIVATIONhave有積極性Many of the boys have very poor motivation.許多男孩子積極性不高。lack缺乏積極性lose失去動力By this time the children had lost all their motivation for writing poetry.到了這個時候,孩子們已完全沒有了寫詩的興致。generate, provide激發積極性;提供動力high rewards that generate the necessary motivation in the workers能對工人產生必要刺激的高額獎金enhance, improve, increase, strengthen提高積極性;增強幹勁reduce削弱積極性maintain保持積極性PHRASESa lack of motivation缺乏積極性level of motivation積極性水平students who have a low level of motivation積極性不高的學生
motivation

noun²

2a reason for doing sth做事的理由ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOTIVATION | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEmain, major, primary, prime主要動機;首要動機only, sole唯一的動機real, true真實動機original原始動機underlying潛在動機unconscious無意識的動機great, powerful, strong極大的動機;強烈的動機economic, moral, political, psychological, religious, sexual經濟/道德/政治/心理/宗教/情慾動機VERB + MOTIVATIONhave有動機They had very different motivations for creating the work.他們的創作動機大相逕庭。understand理解動機question質疑動機explain解釋動機PREPOSITIONmotivation for對⋯的考慮his main motivation for supporting the government他支持政府的主要考慮motivation in在⋯方面的考慮my main motivation in making the suggestion我提出這個建議的主要考慮motivation behind⋯背後的動機the primary motivation behind the government's intervention政府干預背後的主要動機

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