用作及物动词
▲S+~+n./pron. You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them.你首先得激发孩子的学习兴趣,然后再去教他们。
We've got to try and motivate our salesmen.我们得设法调动推销员的积极性。
Kindness motivated the action.仁慈是这一活动的动机。
◇ 用于be ~ed结构
The murder was motivated by hatred.这是一起仇杀案。
Everything she does is motivated only by a desire for money.她所做的一切都是为了钱。
He was motivated by love, and expected nothing in return.他的行动出于爱,不期望任何回报。
用作宾补动词
▲S+~+n./pron.+to-v What motivated her to leave home?她离家出走是何种原因?