motivate的基本意思为“激发”“诱发”,可指激发某人的积极性或兴趣(做某事),也可指某种目的驱使某人犯错等。
motivate是及物动词,其宾语可以是人,也可以是action之类的名词,还可以接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
Please motivate your answer to question 5.
请解释你对第5题所作的回答。
His actions were motivated by greed.
他的作为是贪婪之心所驱使的。
He is motivated entirely by self-interest.
他做事完全出于私利。
