| 单词 | motive |
| 释义 | motive (moʊtɪv ) Word forms: motives countable noun B2 Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it. Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing. [+ for] ...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy. The doctor's motive was to bring an end to his patient's suffering. Synonyms: reason, motivation, cause, ground(s) Collocations: establish a motive Detectives were yesterday trying to establish a motive. Times, Sunday Times According to the statement, the police were still trying to establish a motive and asked that the public 'avoid speculating and circulating unconfirmed information'. Times, Sunday Times We cannot establish a motive at this time. Times, Sunday Times The police are trying to establish a motive. Times, Sunday Times Cops have yet to establish a motive. The Sun Police said they were still investigating the motive. Times, Sunday Times Authorities are investigating the motive for the attack, he said. Chicago Sun-Times Cops are investigating the motives. The Sun Police and law enforcement agencies have sometimes come under criticism for their ineffectiveness in locating the perpetrators and investigating their motives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The objective of the exhibition was to investigate the motives the painter had for realising the work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of course, people often have mixed motives for choosing a particular job. Times, Sunday Times The couples who married in 1982 had mixed motives. Times, Sunday Times We don't always want to be confronted with our dark side, or even just the sloppy mess of our mixed motives. Times, Sunday Times How can we, in a world of mixed motives, know that such a person was motivated wholly by compassion and not other interests? Times, Sunday Times If they saw the laziness and self-centeredness and waywardness and mixed motives and mean-spirited thoughts, their accolades would be silenced. Christianity Today The suggestion they have some noble motive beyond simply reversing the referendum result they cannot get over. The Sun The promotion of 'multiculturalism' - as a political concept rather than a factual description - began with noble motives but ended up driving people apart. Times, Sunday Times Reforms inspired by noble motives have simply created another problem in a classic example of the law of unintended consequences. Times, Sunday Times We have both noble motives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, it was unclear whether the incident had a political motive. Times, Sunday Times He was a superb writer, although he may have had an ulterior political motive in this case - to emphasise the flaws of his hero's successors. Times, Sunday Times Investigators suspect a political motive as nothing of value was stolen. Times, Sunday Times It's hard not to see a cynical political motive behind all the rhetoric about unblocking our traffic-clogged roads. The Sun Yesterday's game was his 73rd since taking office and the first to be played with a wholly political motive. Times, Sunday Times You are now armed with a possible motive, and you need to share - in a non-confrontational way - your concerns. Times, Sunday Times If the plane has been hijacked what was the possible motive? Times, Sunday Times Officers have not commented on a possible motive. Times, Sunday Times Police declined to be drawn on a possible motive, but a senior officer said that they were pursuing 'strong lines of inquiry'. Times, Sunday Times Investigators had no suspects or information on a possible motive. Chicago Sun-Times His primary motive was to write and to be interesting. Times, Sunday Times In more than half of all incidents, close family members are involved — with financial gain being the primary motive in a quarter of all cases. The Sun What should be our primary motive for fasting? Christianity Today But her primary motive in applying for the job was that she wanted to make history. The Sun In his autobiography, he wrote that his primary motive was to raise money to fund the youth center he had created. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We had a pure motive behind the films. Times, Sunday Times Here pure motive means pure motive with respect to homological equivalence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But some people from his murky past aren't so convinced of his pure motives. The Sun It's not hard to think of politicians, athletes, and musicians who started out with pure motives but eventually fell prey to vainglory. Christianity Today None of us has completely pure motives. Christianity Today We no longer have to waste our time looking for rational motives. Times, Sunday Times The panel couldn't understand what was going on and did that punditry thing of trying to apply rational motives to an act of ineptitude, to explain randomness. Times, Sunday Times The king's departure removed all rational motives for resistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But there also appears to have been a religious motive. Mail and Guardian So much technological invention of the past was driven by religious motives. Times, Sunday Times Religious motives can also be found in his works. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The firms have a selfish motive — to widen the pool of talent. Times, Sunday Times While economic motives of self-interest were overwhelmingly attributed to the latter, participants in the public realm were, by some, often viewed as acting from higher, less individually selfish motives. Times, Sunday Times He was known by scholars to be a patron purely for selfish motives, imposing aspirations, and a grandiose self-image. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some within the party suspect a more sinister motive, however. Times, Sunday Times This may be true in some cases, but undoubtedly there are often much more sinister motives at work. Times, Sunday Times However, the scenes yesterday were spontaneous, stemming from frustration rather than more sinister motives. Times, Sunday Times But there can be more sinister motives. The Sun Others read more sinister motives into the mystery. canada.com My sons also headed to the pram - but with the sole motive of dismantling it so that they could use the wheels for the construction of a go-cart. Times, Sunday Times But money wasn't his sole motive. The Sun Aside from the whistle, the steam locomotive remained inactive, with the diesel being the train's sole motive power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A desire for peace and disarmament, he maintained, were his sole motives for his connection with the council. Times, Sunday Times Everybody suspected my motives, including my companion, who had to pay up. Times, Sunday Times I always suspect the motives behind such plausibility. Times, Sunday Times He suspected the motives of anyone who tried to get close to him. Times, Sunday Times So we want to welcome him into our midst as a defender of the faith, but suspect his motives, fearing that he might be a kind of intellectual mercenary. Times, Sunday Times Now they have even more reason to suspect the motives of clubs who are desperate to return to action at any cost to avert a financial meltdown. The Sun They realized the true motive for such actions was to share their own pain with the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the observer could see the attractive participant, they doubted the true motive behind their positive feedback. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her involvement isn't always appropriate; however, she has an uncanny ability to discern people's true motives and spirit. Christianity Today Yet perhaps the minister's true motives were rather more honourable. Times, Sunday Times The authorities never suspect their true motive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 动机 Japanese: 動機 |
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