adj. 积极的，主动的；有……动机的
v. 成为……的动机；激励；<正式>（就所说的话）给出理由（motivate 的过去式和过去分词）
词根：motif
adj.
motor 汽车的；机动的
motive 发动的；成为动机的
motionless 静止的；不运动的
motivational 动机的；激发性的；有关动机的；动机说明
motional 运动的；起动的
motiveless 无动机的
n.
motion 动作；移动；手势；请求；意向
motivation 动机；积极性；推动
motor 发动机，马达；汽车
motive 动机，目的；主题
motif 主题；动机；主旨；图形；意念
motivator 动力；激励因素
motivity 动力；原动力
vi.
motion 运动；打手势
motor 乘汽车
vt.
motion 运动；向…打手势
motivate 刺激；使有动机；激发…的积极性
motor 以汽车载运
motive 使产生动机，激起
1.Fortunately, volunteers are not motivated by self-interest, but by altruism.
幸运的是，志愿者们不是被自身利益而是被利他主义推动。
2.Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity.
服用类固醇的男人们纯粹是受了虚荣心的驱使。
3.Some people, Werbach says, are motivated by competition.
沃巴赫说，有些人从竞争之中获得动力。
4.They are motivated by a need to achieve.
他们被成功的需要激励着。
5.We are not mainly motivated by money?
我们的主要动机不是金钱吗？
6.This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance.
在关于“如何平衡工作和生活”的辩论愈演愈烈的情况下，这种新型的对个人实现的关注有助于激励员工。
7.He is motivated entirely by self-interest.
他做事完全出于私利。
8.She was motivated by deep religious conviction.
她的行动是出于虔诚的宗教信仰。
9.While some people are motivated by a need for success, others are motivated by a fear of failure.
虽然有些人做事情的动机是为了成功，但有些人做事是出害怕。