英语词汇“motivate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

motivatemotivate /ˈmoʊt̮əˌveɪt/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

motivate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	motivate
	he, she, it	motivates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	motivated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have motivated
	he, she, it	has motivated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had motivated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will motivate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have motivated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am motivating
	he, she, it	is motivating
	you, we, they	are motivating
Past	I, he, she, it	was motivating
	you, we, they	were motivating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been motivating
	he, she, it	has been motivating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been motivating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be motivating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been motivating

1to make someone want to achieve something and make him or her willing to work hard in order to do it: What can we do to motivate the players?motivate somebody to do something The plan is designed to motivate staff to work harder.2[often passive] to be the reason why someone does something: The attack was motivated by revenge.motivate somebody to do something What motivated you to sell the house?—motivating adjective: Money is a powerful motivating factor.