| 单词 | motivated |
| 释义 | motivated (once / 2708 pages) adj Someone who is motivated has a cause to do something. If you have a habit of eating cheesecake for breakfast, an image of clogged arteries taped to your fridge might make you a motivated dieter. You’ll find motive hidden inside motivated––and from detective movies you know every crime has a motive, or a reason it was committed. Racially-motivated crimes can spark riots. A killer might be motivated by jealousy, anger and greed. Being motivated doesn't always lead to crime, though. If you’re one of those rare birds that sticks to New Year’s resolutions, people probably ask, “How do you stay motivated?!” They mean, “How you avoid giving up like the rest of us?” WORD FAMILYmotivated: unmotivated+/motivate: motivated, motivates, motivating, motivation, motivator/motivation: motivational, motivations/motivational: motivationally/motivator: motivators/motive: motivate, motiveless, motively, motives, motivity/motiveless: motivelessly USAGE EXAMPLES“Everyone is motivated on the first of January.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) He said that he was motivated by a sense of instability because of the threat of terrorism and the conflict in Ukraine. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Pickens’ lawyers argue that even if all the allegations are true, none of her comments were racially motivated. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) adj provided with a motive or given incentive for action a highly motivated child can learn almost anything a group of politically motivated men Syn|Ant intended resulting from one's intentions actuatedmoved to action driven, impelledurged or forced to action through moral pressure unmotivated without motivation unintendednot deliberate causeless, reasonlesshaving no justifying cause or reason motiveless, unprovoked, wantonoccurring without motivation or provocation |
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