motivation學測 L4KK [ˌmotəˈveʃən] ｜ /ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃən/
動力；驅動力·積極性；上進心·激勵；鼓舞
三民B2、翰林B1都收錄的必考詞
Her mother's illness became the motivation behind her decision to study medicine.
母親的病是她決定念醫學系背後的動力。
一個畫面：背後被推一把
感受推力背後有股力量，讓人想動起來
持續向前撐住不放棄，一直維持衝勁
點燃別人自己的故事讓別人也想動起來
義項
起跑衝勁B2noun動力；驅動力
Winning the race last year gave her strong motivation to train every day.
去年贏得比賽的經驗給了她每天訓練的強烈動力。
strong motivationmain motivation
咬牙撐住B2noun積極性；上進心
The work was hard, but his motivation never went away.
工作很困難，但他的積極性從未消失。
high motivationlack of motivation
故事點火B2noun激勵；鼓舞
Her story was a great motivation for other students to keep trying.
她的故事對其他學生是很大的激勵。
a great motivationa source of motivation
片語
lack of motivation動力枯竭 →缺乏動力；提不起勁
self-motivation自主發電 →不靠他人催促的動力
source of motivation力量源頭 →動力的來源
find motivation重燃鬥志 →重新找回做事的動力
你會不會這樣說？
'Her mother's illness became the motivation behind her decision to study medicine.' 這裡的 motivation 最接近哪個意思？(A) 動力／驅動力 (B) 積極性 (C) 激勵他人的來源
看答案
(A)
此句描述做決定背後的原因，對應動力義項。
She needs more ___ to finish the project. (motivation / motivate)
看答案
motivation
motivation 是名詞，motivate 是動詞，此處需要名詞。
字族
motivate 動詞：激勵；促使・motivated 形容詞：積極的；有動力的・motivational 形容詞：激勵性的