释义 |
reˈmotivate, v. [re- 5 a.] trans. To motivate anew. Hence reˈmotivating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1974Listener 28 Feb. 271/1 They try, in a favourite word of probation officers, to ‘remotivate’ men who have been through the penal system. 1976Archivum Linguisticum VII. 28 Writers tend to be consistent with themselves if not with each other, although rarer forms are probably remotivated on each occasion. 1977Spare Rib Jan. 8/1 Towards the end of my career, interviewers were invited to a Remotivating Lecture with supervisors and regional controllers. 1977D. Morris Manwatching 184 (caption) Remotivating Actions succeed by replacing a companion's unwanted mood with a new, more attractive mood. |