motivating factor

基本解釋

This was a motivating factor for generations of officers and their civilian supporters.
正是該種意識(shí)形態(tài)激發(fā)了軍方和民衆(zhòng)支持者的行爲(wèi)。
While cost savings may prove a motivating factor, it is moving away from American dominance of the software market that is helping to push them towards OSS.
雖然節(jié)省費(fèi)用可以証明是一個(gè)激勵(lì)因素，但是，正是擺脫美國(guó)支配的軟件市場(chǎng)這一點(diǎn)促使他們走曏OSS。
One motivating factor for taking action: Mediterranean beaches are big business. And swarms of jellyfish can quickly drive away the customers.
採(cǎi)取行動(dòng)的一個(gè)激勵(lì)因素：地中海海灘是大宗生意，成群的水母可以迅速趕走顧客。

And it is the sort of motivating factor behind what he talked about yesterday.
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Not that those types of games are any more a motivating factor in mass murder.
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But as they made clear in their own statements, that's not what seems to be the motivating factor here.
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