motivates是什么意思？

motivates

• v. 作为…的动机，激发，诱发( motivate的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• 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.
• 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。
• Wendy is the real live wire of the department who motivates all the others. 温迪是这个部门的活跃分子,对其他人很有激发力.

英语四级真题

Being surrounded by white peers motivates a black student to work harder to succeed.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

On occasions it is the fear that certain disclosures may be unacceptable to family or friends that motivates an individual to seek professional help.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (尤指情绪)激发，激励，驱使
  If you are motivated by something, especially an emotion, it causes you to behave in a particular way.
  例句
  They are motivated by a need to achieve... 对成功的渴望激励着他们。 The crime was not politically motivated... 该犯罪行为没有政治动机。
• VERB
  使决心做;使决意做
  If someone motivates you to do something, they make you feel determined to do it.
  例句
  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？ 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。