意欲

いよく【意欲】

〔熱意， やる気， 意気ごみ， 熱心さ〕 ⇒ いし［意志］ ， ⇒ やるき

*will

［one's / the ～］〔…したい〕願望， 決意〔to do〕

eagerness

〖U〗［or an ～］〔…に対する/…したいという〕熱望〔for/to do〕.

▲High income tax is not good in that it may discourage people from working harder. 高い所得税は人々の勤労意欲をそぐという点でよくない

lose one's zest for life 生きる意欲を失う.

◇ → 意欲的な

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いよく【意欲】

an interest; a desire; an eagerness; willpower; an appetite; an inclination; volition; a will; a zest.

●生きる意欲 the urge to live; the will to stay alive

・恋人に死なれた彼女はすっかり生きる意欲を失ってしまった. When her lover died she lost all will to live.

●現在, 企業の海外進出意欲が盛んである. Many companies are currently keen [anxious, eager] to expand overseas business activities.

・彼は依頼心が強く, 自分で物事を解決しようという意欲が乏しい. He is very dependent on other people and has little inclination to solve problems himself.

●新首相は行政改革の意欲に燃えている. The new prime minister is strongly committed to [full of zeal for] administrative reform.

●意欲のない人は何をやっても駄目だ. Without willpower [the desire to succeed] people can achieve nothing.

・働く意欲のある元気な老人が増えた. There has been an increase in the number of vigorous old people who want to work [are keen to find jobs].

・設備投資意欲の減退は経済の沈滞を招く. An increasing reluctance to invest in equipment contributes to economic recession.

●意欲を失う lose one's stomach 《for…》

・人々の勤労意欲を高めるのは難しい. It's difficult to whet people's appetite for work [make people want to work].

・彼は政界進出に意欲を見せている. He wants [shows an inclination] to go into politics.

・3 球団がその選手の獲得に意欲を示している. Three teams have shown an interest in securing this player.

・スポーツをしようという意欲を起こさせる encourage [motivate] sb to do a sport

・砂浜は私たちの遊び心と創作意欲を刺激する. The beach stimulates our spirit of play and the creative urge [desire to create].

・よし, 君のその意欲を買おう. オーディションを受けさせてあげよう. Right; your enthusiasm has convinced me. I'll let you take the audition.

●〔求人広告で〕 意欲あふれる人材を求めています. We are looking for highly motivated people [people who really want to work].

・こう何でも値上がり続きじゃあ購買意欲もそがれてしまうよ. With the price of everything going up and up, customers will become less willing to spend [consumer demand will decline].

学習[研究]意欲 an interest in study; an eagerness [a desire, the urge] to learn; an appetite for study; the will to study.

勤労意欲 a [the] will to work; an inclination for work.

購買意欲 consumer demand [appetite]; customer interest; a willingness [an inclination, an eagerness] to spend.

戦闘意欲 a will to fight; 《show》 fight.

創作意欲 the will [urge] to create; the [a] creative urge.

投資意欲 a willingness [an inclination, an eagerness] to invest; investor confidence.

意欲作 a provocative [challenging] work; an ambitious work.

●今回の彼の作品は新しい技法に挑戦した意欲作である. This latest work of his is an ambitious work that has taken up the challenge of new methods.