单词	motivational
释义	motivationmo‧ti‧va‧tion /ˌməʊtəˈveɪʃən $ ˌmoʊ-/ ●●○ AWL noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Enthusiasm and motivation aren't usually problems for this team. Fame was the main motivation for their efforts. His motivation for wanting to stay on as manager is to see England as the top team in the world. She enjoyed the excitement of her work. Money was not her only motivation. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Aspirations, a sense of how we can realise our potential, give us power and motivation. Deviant motivations, for example, are still taken as given; it is conformity rather than deviance that remains problematic. It was a major motivation for him, but he also enjoyed canoeing and all outdoor activities. Participative management is a very powerful motivation because it enables employees to have some measure of influence and control over work-related activities. That motivation disappeared when it was discovered that the universe is expanding. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhy something happens or why someone does something► reason what makes something happen, or what makes someone do something: · Why did he poison his wife? There must be a reason.reason for: · Dad went off to find out the reason for the delay.reason for doing something: · What was your reason for leaving your last job?reason to do something: · You don't need a reason to phone her. Just call her up and say hello.reason why: · There's no reason why Jon can't come with us.reason (that): · One of the main reasons that she looks so good is that she has her own personal stylist.for personal/health/business etc reasons: · For security reasons, there were video cameras at the school entrance.for some reason especially spoken (=for a reason that you do not know or understand): · No, he isn't here - he had to go back to Poland for some reason.for reasons best known to himself/herself etc (=for secret reasons that other people do not know or understand): · For reasons best known to themselves, my parents were vehemently opposed to the idea. ► explanation a fact, statement, or idea that helps you to understand why something has happened: · I don't know why he tested positive for drugs. The only explanation I can think of is that the samples got mixed up.explanation for: · Scientists have offered various explanations for these changes in climate.possible explanation: · There are several possible explanations for girls' superior high school performance. ► motive the reason that makes someone decide to do something, especially something bad or dishonest: · It's hard to understand her motives.motive for/behind: · Police believe the motive for the murder was jealousy· The motive behind the killing of Agnes Law was robbery.motive for doing something: · Whatever your motives for coming over, I'm glad you did.an ulterior motive (=a hidden reason for doing something): · She was suspicious. Was there an ulterior motive behind his request? ► motivation the strong feeling that is your reason for wanting to do something or achieve something, especially something that may take a long time to achieve: · She enjoyed the excitement of her work. Money was not her only motivation.motivation for: · Fame was the main motivation for their efforts.motivation for doing something: · His motivation for wanting to stay on as manager is to see England as the top team in the world. ► pretext the reason that someone gives to explain why they do or do not do something but which is only partly true: · His sore leg was a pretext. He just wanted a day off work.pretext for: · Minor offences were sometimes used as a pretext for an arrest.pretext to do something: · She couldn't find a pretext to visit Derek at home.on the pretext of/that (=giving the reason that): · He used to spend hours at her house on the pretext of giving her Japanese lessons. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► different · On the inside, they are often very different people, with different motivations and aspirations, leading different lives.· Obviously it's going to call for very different motivations, and ways of living, than those we are used to. ► great · Nothing could have provided greater motivation for them.· And if health and life are not incentive enough, what could possibly provide greater motivation?· Two said that the benefit would be greater personal motivation and one hoped to inform and involve their Kirk Session. ► high · Business understands that continual criticism and complaint are not conducive to high motivation, high productivity and high quality.· The high motivation, skills and adaptability of the new arrivals create social tensions that will be expressed in economic jealousy.· Candidates must have a high motivation to publish and be prepared for exciting teamwork.· Economic constraints or limitations can be overcome given a sufficiently high motivation to do well by the individual entrepreneur. ► human · Some political psychologists confront this issue, asking whether there are innate human motivations that affect political behavior.· We must also remember that human motivation is a very complex matter and monist explanations are rarely adequate.· You have experienced the variety of human motivations stirred up by fundamental change in organizations. ► individual · To study individual motivation means studying those forces that move a person to behave in a particular way.· Smith also knew that individual motivation, invention, and innovation inspire an economy to greater prosperity.· Olson's early work laid particular emphasis on individual behaviour and motivation.· This implies significant negotiating skills in order to diagnose, manage and reinforce the outcomes of individual motivation.· He never developed a theory of individual motivation because he was not interested in the individual.· Much, of course, depends on individual motivation and capacity.· This requires individual motivation and managerial support, but benefits both the individuals concerned and the service itself. ► main · Getting work ticked was my main motivation.· For empiricists, the main mechanism of motivation is reinforcement.· We have always argued that the main motivation for government funding of research should be wealth creation.· That is one of the main motivations behind my motion.· The main motivation in signing reprocessing contracts will simply be to offload spent nuclear fuel on to some one else. ► major · It was a major motivation for him, but he also enjoyed canoeing and all outdoor activities.· Admittedly lust was involved, but the major motivation had been that unexplainable, instinctive emotion called love.· Indeed, studies of process workers show that their major motivations in employment are money and relationships.· Humanitarianism has always been one of the major motivations making for socialism.· Both systems have major consequences for motivation patterns. ► personal · Whatever the complexities of Hobbes's personal motivations, there was no theoretical inconsistency in all of this.· They recognize that no laws can prevail against the dissolution of the social connections and personal motivations that sustain a civilized polity.· A different view of assessment however, can lead to considerable benefits in terms of the pupils' sense of value and personal motivation.· Two said that the benefit would be greater personal motivation and one hoped to inform and involve their Kirk Session.· This may be a form of behavioural reinforcement operating on the personal motivation of the researcher. ► political · My letter has no political motivation.· Therefore, when the wise mediator effects a compromise, he is not acting from political motivation.· Berger's views relate to a specifically political motivation, variously apparent throughout the novel.· Kerry aides Thursday denied there was any political motivation behind sending it.· Sometimes the two slide together uncomfortably, with little attempt to differentiate class groupings levels of consciousness or political motivations.· However, others saw a commercial rather than a political motivation behind the sale.· That means it is essentially political in motivation. ► primary · The primary motivation was establishing the Javanese-including the Madurese-as masters over the archipelago.· Although she was a feminist, her primary motivation for joining NoS was the challenge of working on a tabloid.· Dottoressa Letts, what was your primary motivation in founding the Accademia?· It would appear that Peavey's primary motivation is business-orientated - to sell as many Peavey products as he can. ► real · It is difficult to say, however, whether the real motivation is social responsibility or vanity.· Until recently nothing had ever been able to offer me any real motivation. ► strong · I have a strong motivation to help society.· However, each also needs a strong measure of motivation to provide friendly and responsive customer service.· This provides still stronger motivation to seek new markets. NOUN► employee · The question of employee motivation is regarded as key to the future success of the company.· That concept of product as the focus for employee motivation is not new. VERB► help · Meeting others in the same position, having a chat with friends about dieting endeavours, these things help to maintain motivation.· Explaining a failure in this way will help to maintain motivation for change in the client.· It helps us to understand motivation. ► improve · Proper training of food handlers has a vital role in improving their morale and motivation and ensuring that standards are met.· This means that users can control the depth, pace and direction of their learning, which in turn can improve motivation.· And if you do it properly, you should improve staff motivation at the same time. ► increase · Allowing the client to choose in this way can often increase their motivation for the success of the treatment.· Poverty generally increases the motivation to offend and diminishes resources available for investigation and crime prevention.· The situation is made more stressful for workers by being given impossibly high targets as an attempt to increase motivation. ► lack · It may lead to lack of motivation.· People who lack motivation really lack the cause or goal.· She may lack motivation to increase knowledge and improve skills, and appear uninterested.· As we saw, the new managers were generally surprised that some of their subordinates lacked ability or motivation.· If we failed to get the balance right, teachers would lack the necessary motivation to implement our programmes of study.· Despite a wealth of playing experience, Gray lacked the motivation to lift a struggling side.· The managers I interviewed appeared to lack commitment to improving motivation, although they identified it as a problem. ► need · Politicians also need to respect the motivations of those who work in the public sector.· What they need now is motivation, a reason to believe.· Our needs change so that our motivation will change.· Vroom added the idea that need fulfillment and motivation was somewhat more complicated than the others had suggested.· Usually the unwilling merely need motivation, and the unable more training.· Commercial weight-loss programs are best for people who need external motivation. ► provide · Wishes provide us with motivation and strategy, for without the greed of a wish we would never get started.· And if health and life are not incentive enough, what could possibly provide greater motivation?· This provides still stronger motivation to seek new markets.· Hard times did not provide the motivation.· He suggests that Gusfield fails to provide evidence of such motivation in the accounts of movement participants.· If they are too hard they provide no motivation.· This provides valuable motivation to continued effort.· Nothing could have provided greater motivation for them. ► understand · It helps us to understand motivation.· Try to understand the basic motivations of the people with whom you are working.· The majority failed to understand the motivation of some of the characters. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivemotivatedmotivationalmotivelessnounmotivemotivationverbmotivate 1[uncountable] eagerness and willingness to do something without needing to be told or forced to do itsomebody’s motivation efforts to improve employees’ motivation Jack is an intelligent pupil, but he lacks motivation. a high level of motivation2[countable] the reason why you want to do somethingmotivation for (doing) something What was your motivation for becoming a teacher? Escape can be a strong motivation for travel.motivation behind There is suspicion about the motivation behind the changes we are debating.—motivational adjective:  motivational speeches
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