名词

1. The stronger the motivation, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language.
一个人学外语的内在要求越高，那么他就学得越快。

1. 学习动机：影响语言学习的情感因素,可以分为两大类,第一类是学习者的个别因素,包括焦虑(anxiety),抑制(inhibition),自尊心(self-esteem),学习动机(motivation)等;第二类是学习者与学习者之间以及学习者与教师之间的情感因素,包括移情(empathy),

1. 动力;诱因
Your motivation for doing something is what causes you to want to do it.

e.g. Money is my motivation...
金钱是我的动力。
e.g. The timing of the attack, and its motivations, are unknown.
袭击发生的时间及其动机尚不清楚。

noun

1. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
the reason for the action
that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

e.g. we did not understand his motivation
he acted with the best of motives

Synonym: motiveneed

2. the act of motivating
providing incentive

Synonym: motivating

3. the condition of being motivated

e.g. his motivation was at a high level