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单词 motif
释义
motif
noun[C]
uk
/məʊˈtiːf/us
/moʊˈtiːf/

motifnoun[C](PATTERN)

apatternordesign:
图案，式样
Wechosesomecurtainswith aflowermotif.我们选择了一些带花卉图案的窗帘。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Patterns and shapes
  • amorphous
  • arabesque
  • argyle
  • asymmetrically
  • asymmetry
  • bossy
  • cutout
  • filigree
  • fishhook
  • flecked
  • flowery
  • formless
  • fretted
  • herringbone
  • oblong
  • shapelessly
  • shapelessness
  • sigmoid
  • snow angel
  • speckled
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motifnoun[C](IDEA)

anideathat is used manytimesin apieceof writing ormusic:
中心思想，主题
The motifofbetrayaliscrucialin all thesestories.在所有这些故事中背叛是至关重要的主题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Technical music terms
  • accidental
  • aleatory
  • andante
  • antiphonal
  • arpeggio
  • arr.
  • discord
  • dissonance
  • harmonic
  • harmony
  • key signature
  • longa
  • mike check
  • slur
  • stepwise
  • syncopate
  • syncopated
  • syncopation
  • tempo
  • trill
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Ideas, concepts and theories
(Definition ofmotiffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

motif| American Dictionary

motif
noun[C]
us
/moʊˈtif/
apatternordesign:
Wechosecurtainswith aflowermotif.
art,literature,music
A motif is also anideathatappearsrepeatedlyin theworkof anartistor in apieceof writing ormusic.
(Definition ofmotiffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmotif

motif
Coiled-coil-like motifs are a distinguishing feature of a number of viral fusion proteins.
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We analyzed occurrences of pair motifs of all combinations of amino acids separated by 1 to 10 residues.
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Besides structural proteins of the cytoskeleton, the motor proteins that interact with them also contain coiled-coil motifs.
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The actual binding motifs may be longer, we only need to capture the most significant region.
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He asks, what evidence is there that the actions that workers took were determined by ideological motives of the left or right ?
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The theoretical challenge is understanding how these mechanisms can be developed into complex motives in psychological experience.
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Unfortunately, the neural systems related to aggression are not well understood, perhaps because such behavior can be called upon to serve several different motives.
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The above discussion indicates that there are alternative motives for land tenure contracts in developing countries.
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In addition, each strategy was a specific outworking of music analytical techniques, such as identifying motifs, harmonic progressions and overall structure.
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By lesson 22 (of 30), the six-year-olds could perform two rhythmical motifs in two separate groups.
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The likely motives were the desire to preserve and perpetuate the house name and maybe only a limited interest in social mobility.
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Economics might encourage a move to town, but other motives might well point in the other direction.
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Mercantilist motives can be discerned for this enactment.
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He might assert that capitalist acts are rarely done from such motives.
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The distinction between preference and duty does not coincide with the distinction between self-interested motives and motives that are not self-interested.
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Collocationswithmotif

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These are words often used in combination withmotif.

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architectural motif
Forming a ' ' friezelike procession,' ' the local women, peons and ' ' lounging ' ' youths are reduced to architectural motifs.
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central motif
The role of visual imagery in making up for what diplomacy might not achieve is acentralmotif.
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decorative motif
The configuration of six squares is repeated in thedecorativemotifon the washstand doors.
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