| 单词 | motivating |
| 释义 | motivating (once / 13003 pages) adjn When a basketball coach gives his team a motivating speech, the players walk away from it feeling full of enthusiasm, inspired to win the game. Motivating means "providing incentive or impelling to action." Motivating can describe a talk or a force or a message of some kind, and in that case it's an adjective. It can also be used as a verb, as when your friend says, "My belly is so fat, it's motivating me to stop eating so much ice cream." WORD FAMILYmotivate: motivated, motivates, motivating, motivation, motivator+/motivated: unmotivated/motivation: motivational, motivations/motivational: motivationally/motivator: motivators/motive: motivate, motiveless, motively, motives, motivity/motiveless: motivelessly USAGE EXAMPLES“A measurement is just a number. But a visual image of what they look like, rather than their imagination, is much more motivating.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Though both countries are nominally peaceful democracies, political feuds and ethnic and religious discrimination are widely cited as factors motivating some citizens to flee. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) Beyond reputational concerns, there are economic considerations also motivating the commission’s work. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj impelling to action motivating arguments Syn motivative, motive causative producing an effect 2n the act of motivating; providing incentive Syn|Hyper motivation act, deed, human action, human activity something that people do or cause to happen |
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