英语词汇“motive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mo·tive

(mōtĭv)

1. An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action.

2. (mōtĭv, mō-tēv) A motif in art, literature, or music.

adj.

1. Causing or able to cause motion: motive power.

2. Causing an action: motive pleas.

[Middle English motif, motive, from Old French motif, from Late Latin mōtīvus, of motion, from Latin mōtus, past participle of movēre, to move; see meuə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	motive
释义	mo·tive (mōtĭv) n. 1. An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action. 2. (mōtĭv, mō-tēv) A motif in art, literature, or music. adj. 1. Causing or able to cause motion: motive power. 2. Causing an action: motive pleas. [Middle English motif, motive, from Old French motif, from Late Latin mōtīvus, of motion, from Latin mōtus, past participle of movēre, to move; see meuə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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