| 单词 | motive |
| 释义 | motive (once / 122 pages) 1nadj 2n Your reason for doing something is your motive. Your motive to go to school every day is to learn. Or maybe the thought of your parents' anger and a run-in with the truant officer is motive enough. The word motive comes from the Latin words motivus, meaning moving, and movere, meaning to move. Think of motive as the thing that moves you to act. You often hear of motive in the context of crime––a suspect’s fingerprints may be on the murder weapon, but a detective won’t understand the crime until he understands the motive. What made the killer act? WORD FAMILYmotive: motivate, motiveless, motively, motives, motivity+/motivate: motivated, motivates, motivating, motivation, motivator/motivated: unmotivated/motivation: motivational, motivations/motivational: motivationally/motivator: motivators/motiveless: motivelessly USAGE EXAMPLESIn the real world, meanwhile, he soon realizes that he is being pursued by ruthless people whose motives are not immediately clear. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The motive for the attack is not clear. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Like: Should shelters be concerned about the motives of a person who adopts an animal when it’s free, and the care that animal will receive? Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1n 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 he acted with the best of motives Syn|Hypo|Hyper motivation, need life a motive for living rational motivea motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument irrational motivea motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic impulse, urgean instinctive motive ethical motive, ethics, morality, moralsmotivation based on ideas of right and wrong mental energy, psychic energyan actuating force or factor ground, reasona rational motive for a belief or action incentive, inducement, motivatora positive motivational influence deterrence, disincentivea negative motivational influence abience(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object adience(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object Thanatos, death instinct, death wish(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die irrational impulsea strong spontaneous and irrational motivation cacoethes, mania, passionan irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action itchy feet, wanderlustvery strong or irresistible impulse to travel compulsion, obsessionan irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will hedonismthe pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle conscience, moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrongmotivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions Christ Within, Inner Light, Light, Light Withina divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul incitation, incitement, provocationsomething that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action libidinal energy(psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido psychological feature a feature of the mental life of a living organism 2adj causing or able to cause motion a motive force motive power Syn motor causative producing an effect 3adj impelling to action 2motive pleas Syn motivating, motivative causative producing an effect 1n a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music Syn|Hypo|Hyper motif obbligato, obligato a persistent but subordinate motif idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme (music) melodic subject of a musical composition 2n a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration Syn|Hyper motif design, figure, pattern a decorative or artistic work |
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