Motivate
[ 'motə'vet ]
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vt. 使有动机，促动，激发，诱导;刺激;激发…的积极性;
💡 词根助记
motiv运动的 + ate表动词 → 促动；激励，激发
📝 例句
Examinations do not motivate a student to seek more knowledge.
考试不能促使学生去追求更多的知识。
In scores of cases they motivate the actions of the victims.
在很多案子中，这些东西还主宰着牺牲者的行动。
The only way you can motivate people is to communicate with them.
调动别人积极性的唯一方法是与他们交流。
Sex-inhibitions still so greatly trouble and motivate a man like Mason.
禁欲，即便如今，还使梅森这样的人大为烦恼。
Every manager must motivate and encourage his employees.
每个管理者都必须激励和鼓励他的雇员。
🌱 联想助记
motive 动机，使动起来
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-mov-表示“移动”
常见变体有-mob-、-mot-
📖 牛津释义
motivate
v
1 [Tn usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
be the reason for (sb's action); cause (sb) to act in a particular way; inspire 作为（某人行为）的动机; 使（某人）以某方式行事
be motivated by greed, fear, love, etc 受贪欲、 恐惧、 爱等驱使.
2 [Tn, Cn.t] stimulate the interest of (sb); cause to want to do sth 激发（某人）的兴趣; 使欲做某事物
a teacher who can motivate her pupils (to work harder) 善於诱导学生（努力学习）的教师.
🎯 考研助记
源于：motive（n.动机；目的）
🔁 扩展释义
*['mәutiveit]vt. 给与动机, 刺激, 提高...的学习欲望, 促动【经】 促动, 激发, 激励
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I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like
恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。
A few peopple in each group are given the task of remembering the group's family history that goes back over centuries.
每一个家族都有几个人担任记忆延续了几个世纪的家史的任务。
In summer, people like to go sailing, swimming, horse-riding, and rock-climbing in the mountains.
夏天，人们喜欢去扬帆航行、游泳、骑马，还到山里去攀岩。