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单词 remotivate
释义

remotivatev.

Brit. /ˌriːˈməʊtᵻveɪt/, U.S. /riˈmoʊdəˌveɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, motivate v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + motivate v. Compare remotivation n.
transitive. To motivate again; to provide (a person) with a new motive or motivation. Also intransitive.
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the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > again
remotivate1910
1910 Poet Lore 21 298 Hauptmann remotivates the story of Grillparzer completely in dramatizing it. Characters and incidents are given their psychological significance, and..Elga is made plausible.
1913 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 28 544 He crosses character with character, incident with incident, shifting the order of events, resetting and remotivating.
1974 Listener 28 Feb. 271/1 They try, in a favourite word of probation officers, to ‘remotivate’ men who have been through the penal system.
1986 B. Tolliver in W. Luquire Coordinating Cooperative Coll. Developm. 251 We talk about the need to remotivate and restimulate.
2000 Opera Now Jan. 15/1 Our first task was to remotivate the entire ensemble—to stimulate artists, musicians, designers and everyone connected with the theatre.

Derivatives

ˌreˈmotivating n. and adj.
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1916 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 20 468 Even the ethical ideals of the Epistle, splendid as they are in their time-setting, require regrounding and remotivating quite as much as expansion and application.
1988 Campaign (Nexis) 25 Mar. I learn an enormous amount coming back to basics and find the course extremely remotivating.
2007 J. James Poker Face i. v. 64 Plan some remotivating. Imagine you won the lottery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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