Most people said that pay was their main motivation for working.

大多数人说赚取报酬是他们工作的主要动机。

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Was the profit motive your primary motivation for obtaining an education?

赚钱是你接受教育的主要动力吗？

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Although the tutor will help, motivation for study is expected to come from the student.

虽然导师会提供帮助，但学习的动力应该来自学生。

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This clear and immediate usefulness provides motivation for many programmers who make mobile apps.

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And the motivation for choosing a pair like that is easy to see, if we look at our condition for spontaneous change or general condition.

我们这样选择的动机,很明显，如果考察我们所考虑的自发变化的条件,或者更一般的条件。

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So I look to myself and look at the past and see it as the motivation for me to move on.

所以，我看着自己，回顾过往，把过去当做自己前进的动力。

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There's no way of finding the motivation for doing it unless you absolutely love the sport.

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The coroner said there was no real way of knowing the motivation for the attack.

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More likely, the real motivation for holding on to shares is to boost fund performance.

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