及物动词刺激; 使有动机，促动，激发，诱导; 激发…的积极性
及物动词
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1. Examinations do not motivate a student to seek more knowledge.
考试不能促使学生去追求更多的知识。
1. 激发：总裁勒文就说了一句很可笑的话,他说要想方法去激发 (motivate)人成功是很重要,认为像托瑞这样的人需要激发. 他将托瑞看成菜鸟教练或选手,他难道不知道,托瑞是棒球名人堂的当然人选!他难道忘了托瑞使洋基连续12年都能进入季后赛,
2. 動機：对经营者而言,激励(incentive)制度是外在诱因,外在诱因能起作用的原因是经营者内在的行为动机(motivate). 以激励动机理论为基础的报酬理论认为对经营者有激励作用的报酬可以分为隐性报酬(intrinsic)和显性报酬(extrinsic)两大类.
3. 促进,激发：modernize 使现代化 | motivate 促进,激发 | negotiate 谈判
4. motivate：motivation of the ideological and political education; 激励
1. (尤指情绪)激发，激励，驱使
If you are motivated by something, especially an emotion, it causes you to behave in a particular way.
e.g. They are motivated by a need to achieve...
对成功的渴望激励着他们。
e.g. The crime was not politically motivated...
该犯罪行为没有政治动机。
求职面试
motivate
B：What leadership qualities did you develop as an administrative personnel？
作为行政人员，你有什么样的领导才能？
motivate的解释
A：I feel that learning how to motivate people and to work together as a team will be the major goal of my leadership./I have refined my management style by using an open-door policy.
我觉得学习如何把人们的积极性调动起来，以及如何配合协同的团队精神，是我行政工作的主要目标。/我以开放式的政策，改进我的行政管理方式。
B：How do you normally handle criticism？
你通常如何处理別人的批评？
A：Silence is golden. Just don't say anything; otherwise the situation could become worse. I do, however, accept constructive criticism. /When we cool off, we will discuss it later.
沈默是金。不必说什么，否则情况更糟，不过我会接受建设性的批评。/我会等大家冷靜下来再讨论。