词组 | MOTIVATION |
释义 | IDIOMSLANG MOTIVATION build a fire under someone to do something to make someone start doing something. (Informal.)The teacher built a fire under the students, and they really started working.Somebody built afire under Bill, so he finally went out and got a job. can't help but do something [to be] unable to choose any but one course of action. (Also with cannot.)Her parents live nearby, so she can't help but go there on holidays.Bob is a tennis fan and can't help but travel to Wimbledon each year. carried away excited or moved to (extreme) action (by someone or something).The crowd got carried away and did a lot of damage to the park.I know that planning a party is fun, but don’t get carried away. driving force (behind someone or something) a person or a thing that motivates or directs someone or something.Money is the driving force behind most businesses.Ambition is the driving force behind Tom.Love can also be a driving force. get-up-and-go energy; motivation. (Fixed order.)I must be getting old. I just don't have my old get-up-and-go.A good breakfast will give you lots of getup-and-go. in (all) good conscience having good motives; displaying motives that will not result in a guilty conscience.In all good conscience, I could not recommend that you buy this car.In good conscience, she could not accept the reward She had only been acting as a good citizen should. jack someone up to motivate someone; to stimulate someone to do something. (Slang.)The mail is late again today. We'll have to jack those people up at the post office.I guess I'll have to jack up the carpenter again to repair my stairs. knock some heads together to motivate people; to make people to do what they are supposed to be doing. (Slang.)If you kids don't quiet down and go to sleep, I'm going to come up there and knock some heads together.The government is in a mess. We need to go to Washington and knock some heads together. what makes someone tick something that motivates someone; something that makes someone behave in a certain way. (Informal.)William is sort of strange. I don't know what makes him tick.When you get to know people, you find out what makes them tick. |
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