motive
英 ['m??t?v]
美['mot?v]
- n. 動機，目的；主題
- adj. 發(fā)動的；成為動機的
- vt. 使產生動機，激起
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詞態(tài)變化
復數:?motives;形容詞:?motiveless;
中文詞源
motive 移動，動機，原因
來自拉丁語movere,運動，移動，詞源同move.-t,過去分詞后綴。引申詞義動機，原因。
英英釋意
- 1. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior;
- "we did not understand his motivation"
- "he acted with the best of motives"
- 2. a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
英文詞源
- motive (n.)
- mid-14c., "something brought forward," from Old French motif "will, drive, motivation," noun use of adjective, literally "moving," from Medieval Latin motivus "moving, impelling," from Latin motus "a moving, motion," past participle of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Meaning "that which inwardly moves a person to behave a certain way" is from early 15c.
- motive (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French motif "moving" or directly from Medieval Latin motivus "moving, impelling," from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)).
考試真題
- Thecompany claims its motives are essentially public-spirited.
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- It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience; but this effect is not a part of its original motive.
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- One basic weakness in a conservation system based wholly on economic motives is that most members of the land community have no economic value.
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- Bob Herz, the FASB’s chairman, cried out against those who “question our motives.
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- Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives.
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實用場景例句
- There seemed to be no motive for the murder.
- 這起謀殺案看不出有什么動機。
牛津詞典
- I'm suspicious of his motives.
- 我懷疑他的動機。
牛津詞典
- the profit motive (= the desire to make a profit)
- 謀利的動機
牛津詞典
- I have an ulterior motive in offering to help you.
- 我主動提出要幫助你是有私心的。
牛津詞典
- an apparently motiveless murder/attack
- 表面上沒有動機的謀殺 / 襲擊
牛津詞典
- motive power/force (= for example, electricity, to operate machinery)
- 原動力
牛津詞典
- Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
- 警方已排除因搶劫而殺人的可能。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy...
- 英國外交政策的動機和目標
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- This study was done by the National Institutes of Health, not anybody with any ulterior motive.
- 這項研究是由美國國家衛(wèi)生研究院來進行的, 所以并不會像有些調查一樣存在著某些不可告人的動機.
期刊摘選
- The crime seemed to have been committed without motive.
- 這一罪案似乎并無作案動機.
期刊摘選
- Motive power is, in quantity, invariable in nature, it is never either produced or destroyed.
- 原動力在數量上實質是不變的, 它絕不會產生也不會消失.
辭典例句
- Her mother, she admitted, had another motive.
- 她承認, 她母親懷有另一個目的.
期刊摘選
- This text continues to demonstrate the motive force of ship maximization of containerized transport - - Scale effect.
- 本文接著就集裝箱運輸船舶大型化動力 ― ― 規(guī)模效應,進行了進一步的論證.
期刊摘選
- Reform is the powerful motive force that urges social advancement.
- 改革是推動社會前進的強大動力.
期刊摘選
- The assailant, an unemployed Chinese man, killed himself after the stabbings, and his motive remains unclear.
- 持刀行兇者是一名中國無業(yè)男子, 他隨后跳樓自殺, 其殺人動機尚不明了.
期刊摘選
- Their inner motive is to intimidate their partner into loving and supporting them.
- 內在動機是想脅迫配偶愛他們、支持他們.
期刊摘選
- Decoration was the most common motive for tattooing and that still holds true today.
- 裝修是最常見的動機是為紋身,并仍維持至今.
期刊摘選
- The vast rural consumer market will become a strong motive force to promote China's economic growth.
- 廣大農村消費市場將成為中國經濟的強勁動力源之一.
期刊摘選
- All the evidence collected so far points to robbery as the motive of the crime.
- 到目前為止所搜集的全部證據說明,這一犯罪行為的動機是搶劫.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He had some motive in telling this fable.
- 他講這寓言故事是有用意的.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- Distinguish what motive actually swayed with him.
- 辨明實際上對他具有影響力的動機是什么.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- No motive for the killing has yet been established.
- 還沒有確定殺人動機.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Only the few men around the president understood his motive.
- 只有總統(tǒng)身邊的幾個人了解他的動機.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- The police could not find a motive for the murder.
- 警察不能找到謀殺的動機.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Greed was his only motive for stealing.
- 貪婪是他盜竊的唯一動機.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- She definitely had an ulterior motive in offering to help.
- 她主動提出幫忙,肯定有不可告人的動機.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The man privately admits that his motive is profits.
- 那人私下承認他的動機是為了牟利.
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