motivating factor

基本解释

This was a motivating factor for generations of officers and their civilian supporters.
正是该种意识形态激发了军方和民众支持者的行为。
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.
虽然节省费用可以证明是一个激励因素，但是，正是摆脱美国支配的软件市场这一点促使他们走向OSS。
One motivating factor for taking action: Mediterranean beaches are big business. And swarms of jellyfish can quickly drive away the customers.
采取行动的一个激励因素：地中海海滩是大宗生意，成群的水母可以迅速赶走顾客。

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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