motive
motive
英[ˈməʊtɪv]美[ˈmoʊtɪv]
n.动机，主旨，（艺术作品的）主题，题材；
adj.运动的，动机的，发动的；
复数：motives;
形容词：motiveless;
例句
The police could not find a motive for the murder.**不能找到谋杀的动机。
No motive for the killing has yet been established.还没有确定杀人动机。
All the evidence collected so far points to robbery as the motive of the crime.到目前为止所搜集的全部证据说明,这一犯罪行为的动机是抢劫。
Jealousy was assigned as motive for the crime.把这一犯罪行为的动机归因于忌妒。
What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。 -- 乔治 埃略特出自：英语名言
Interviewer will judge the interviewees attitude by asking the motive of interview.主持面试的人往往通过了解应聘者应聘的动机来判断应聘者的态度.
Therefore, DELL has the motive and economic purpose of intentionally defrauding the Chinese consumers.因此, 戴尔公司存在故意欺诈中国消费者的动机和经济目的.
The immediate advantages of falsifying the past were obvious, but the ultimate motive was mysterious.篡改过去,眼前的好处自是一目了然, 然而终极的动机却显得神神秘秘.
For most of the Guise family, religious zealotry was not a motive.所以对于大多数的吉斯家族, **狂热并不是动机.
She definitely had an ulterior motive in offering to help.她主动提出帮忙,肯定有不可告人的动机.
英语六级真题
Thecompany claims its motives are essentially public-spirited.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
(行动的)动机，缘由
Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it.
例句
Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.警方已排除因抢劫而杀人的可能。...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy...英国外交*策的动机和目标英汉词典释义
n.
动机, 目的
The police could not find a motive for the murder.**不能找到谋杀的动机。adj.
发动的；导致运动的
英英词典释义
Noun
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
Adjective
1. causing or able to cause motion;
"a motive force""motive power""motor energy"2. impelling to action;
"it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap"motive pleas""motivating arguments"行业词典
体育： 动机的；
医学： 动机，目的：心理学上，指影响个人行为的目标；
