Ms. Qian, the Shanghai job-hopper, says money used to be a prime motivator.

And this desire for change is often the motivator for progress.

这种想改变的愿望通常就是进步的动力.

He was a motivator.

他是天生的乐观派.

Your best motivator, wealth, must be willingly, fairly and generously divided among your team.

你使用的最佳动机 —— 财富 —— 必须是自动 、 公正、慷慨地分给你的小组员工.

I'm suspicious of his motives.

我怀疑他的动机。

This study was done by the National Institutes of Health, not anybody with any ulterior motive.

这项研究是由美国国家卫生研究院来进行的, 所以并不会像有些调查一样存在着某些不可告人的动机.

the profit motive (= the desire to make a profit)

谋利的动机

All the evidence collected so far points to robbery as the motive of the crime.

到目前为止所搜集的全部证据说明,这一犯罪行为的动机是抢劫.

motive power/force (= for example, electricity, to operate machinery)

原动力

This text continues to demonstrate the motive force of ship maximization of containerized transport-- Scale effect.

本文接着就集装箱运输船舶大型化动力 ― ― 规模效应,进行了进一步的论证.

The police could not find a motive for the murder.

警察不能找到谋杀的动机.

I have an ulterior motive in offering to help you.

我主动提出要帮助你是有私心的。

The violence was clearly prompted by political motives.

这次暴力事件显然是由政治动机引发的。

Decoration was the most common motive for tattooing and that still holds true today.

装修是最常见的动机是为纹身,并仍维持至今.

Her mother, she admitted, had another motive.

她承认, 她母亲怀有另一个目的.

Only the few men around the president understood his motive.

只有总统身边的几个人了解他的动机.

...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy...

英国外交政策的动机和目标

The crime seemed to have been committed without motive.

这一罪案似乎并无作案动机.

an apparently motiveless murder/attack

表面上没有动机的谋杀 / 袭击

Water provided the motive power for the mill.

水为磨坊提供了动力。

What do you suppose the killer's motive was?

你认为凶手的动机是什么？