• vt. 刺激；使有動機；激發…的積極性

來自motive,動機，-ive,使。比喻用法。

motivate (v.)

1863, "to stimulate toward action," from motive + -ate (2); perhaps modeled on French motiver or German motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.

1. How do you motivate people to work hard and efficiently?

你是怎樣激勵大家奮發高效地工作的？

來自柯林斯例句

2. Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause.

我們面臨的挑戰是如何調動那些選民的積極性并鼓勵他們加入我們的事業。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Never let it be said that the manager doesn't know how to motivate his players.

絕對不要讓人說這位主教練不知道如何激勵他的隊員。

來自柯林斯例句

4. You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them.

你首先得激發孩子的學習興趣,然后再去教他們.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. In scores of cases they motivate the actions of the victims.

在很多案子中,這些東西還主宰著犧牲者的行動.

來自辭典例句