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To motivate someone means to give them a reason or the energy to do something, especially something hard or something they don't feel like doing. You can motivate a person (a coach motivates the team), or a decision can be motivated by something (fear, money, love). It's a common word, used in both everyday talk and more serious writing — bosses, teachers, and coaches use it a lot.
激勵、激發動機
組成motiv- (from 'motive', a reason for doing something) + -ate (a verb ending meaning 'to make/cause')
同家族的字
- motivethe root word — a motive is the reason that motivates someone
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
motivateverb/ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/
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To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
- The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
- Armor-piercing shells were heading up the shell hoists, but this procedure took a few minutes, allowing the battered American flagship to reply in kind, the gunners somewhat motivated to set new records for the rate of fire as the cruiser raked the larger ship from stem to stern in response.
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To animate; to propel; to cause to take action.
- He was motivated purely by self-interest.
- Steam-motivated pumps are used in manufacturing.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。