The best way to try to motivate somebody is by being direct with them. To be honest with them. Lies are never the right way to get your message across.
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vt. 使有动机，促动，激发，诱导;刺激;激发…的积极性;
💡 motiv运动的 + ate表动词 → 促动；激励，激发
"You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them."
你首先得激发孩子的学习兴趣,然后再去教他们.
近义：illustrate, impulse, incentivize, incite, induce, inspire
反义：intimidate, overawe, scare, unman, cow, bully
pron. 某人，有人;
n. 大人物，重要的人物;
💡 some 有些 +body 人→ pron.某人，有人
"There's always somebody at home in the evenings."
晚上总有人在家。
近义：heavy, heavyweight, hotshot, lion, mandarin, mogul
n. 信息;消息;要旨;教训;
v. 给…发消息;给…留言;
💡 mess(send)+age→音信；通信；使命；报信
"a message in cipher"
密码信
近义：notice, communication, communique, dispatch, post
prep. 穿过;横穿，横过;与…交叉;在…对面;
adv. 横过，越过;在对面;交叉;斜对面;
💡 cro, cru =cross,表示”十字形,交叉”
"The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
去那农舍的唯一通路是穿过田野。
近义：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
adj. 最好的( good和well的最高级);最愉快的;最幸福的;最合适的;
adv. 最好地;最出色地;最高标准地;
n. 佼佼者;（个人的）最高水平;最重要的优越性;最好的东西，最合乎要求的事物;
vt. [口]打败，胜过;
"He is arguably the best actor of his generation."
按理他是他那一代中最优秀的演员。
近义：master, outgo, outmatch, outrange, outrank, outstrip
反义：badder, baddest, worse
adj. 直接的;直的;直系的;率直的;
adv. 直接地;径直地;直截了当地;正好;
vt. （用建议、指示、有益的情报等）指导;导演（戏剧或电影）;指示方向;把…对准（某方向或某人）;
vt.& vi. 指导，导演，管理;
vi. 引路;当向导;领唱;领奏;
"The army is now under the direct command of General Barton."
陆军现在由巴顿将军直接指挥.
近义：nonstop, express, live, snap, undeviating, resolute
反义：mediate, roundabout, oblique, subtle, circuitous, misdirect