motivatedadj.

Brit.

/ˈməʊtᵻveɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊdəˌveɪdᵻd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: motivate v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < motivate v. + -ed suffix¹, in sense 2 after French motivé (1916 in Saussure in this sense). Compare earlier motived adj.

1. gen. Provided with a motive or motivation; that has a conscious or unconscious motive. Hence more generally: enthusiastic, stimulated. Frequently with modifying adverb or in instrumental compounds: that has (a specified) motive or motivation.politically, profit-, self-, well-motivated, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > motivated

motived1780

driven1797

driving1835

motivated1922

1922 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 8 Sept. 14 Theda Bara has..altered her processional character from that of an unqualified siren to that of a motivated vampire, as she calls it.

1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 29/2 The vast majority of pictures are sexually motivated.

1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. viii. 245 Their actions appear motiveless or strangely motivated.

1968 R. West Sketches from Vietnam iii. 75 The Americans concede with regret that the Vietcong tend to be more highly motivated than the government supporters.

1969 Sunday Tel. 16 Mar. 3/3 The working-class boy is a dedicated and motivated student. It is students from the gin-and-Jaguar belt who often lack any sense of what a university is for.

1977 C. F. Monte Beneath Mask ii. 53 Resistance to recall is one evidence of motivated forgetting or repression.

1998 J. Kinsella Hunt 52 It's hard to get motivated.

2. Linguistics. Of a linguistic form: that has a non-arbitrary relationship to its meaning. See motivation n. 3.

ΚΠ

1947 Word 3 9 Syntagms (e.g. dix-neuf) are relatively motivated.

1959 W. Baskin tr. F. de Saussure Course Gen. Linguistics 133 Diverse languages always include elements of both types—radically arbitrary and relatively motivated.

1960 H. Marchand Categories Present-day Eng. Word-formation x. 367 The result of blending is, indeed, always a moneme, i.e. an unanalysable, simple word, not a motivated syntagma.

1989 J. R. Taylor Ling. Categorization viii. 148 The attested forms are certainly motivated, on the basis of one of the meanings of the diminutive category.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	motivated
释义	motivatedadj. Brit. /ˈməʊtᵻveɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmoʊdəˌveɪdᵻd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: motivate v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < motivate v. + -ed suffix¹, in sense 2 after French motivé (1916 in Saussure in this sense). Compare earlier motived adj. 1. gen. Provided with a motive or motivation; that has a conscious or unconscious motive. Hence more generally: enthusiastic, stimulated. Frequently with modifying adverb or in instrumental compounds: that has (a specified) motive or motivation.politically, profit-, self-, well-motivated, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > motivated motived1780 driven1797 driving1835 motivated1922 1922 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 8 Sept. 14 Theda Bara has..altered her processional character from that of an unqualified siren to that of a motivated vampire, as she calls it. 1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 29/2 The vast majority of pictures are sexually motivated. 1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. viii. 245 Their actions appear motiveless or strangely motivated. 1968 R. West Sketches from Vietnam iii. 75 The Americans concede with regret that the Vietcong tend to be more highly motivated than the government supporters. 1969 Sunday Tel. 16 Mar. 3/3 The working-class boy is a dedicated and motivated student. It is students from the gin-and-Jaguar belt who often lack any sense of what a university is for. 1977 C. F. Monte Beneath Mask ii. 53 Resistance to recall is one evidence of motivated forgetting or repression. 1998 J. Kinsella Hunt 52 It's hard to get motivated. 2. Linguistics. Of a linguistic form: that has a non-arbitrary relationship to its meaning. See motivation n. 3. ΚΠ 1947 Word 3 9 Syntagms (e.g. dix-neuf) are relatively motivated. 1959 W. Baskin tr. F. de Saussure Course Gen. Linguistics 133 Diverse languages always include elements of both types—radically arbitrary and relatively motivated. 1960 H. Marchand Categories Present-day Eng. Word-formation x. 367 The result of blending is, indeed, always a moneme, i.e. an unanalysable, simple word, not a motivated syntagma. 1989 J. R. Taylor Ling. Categorization viii. 148 The attested forms are certainly motivated, on the basis of one of the meanings of the diminutive category. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1922
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