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单词 motive
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motive
noun[C]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tɪv/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
B2
areasonfor doing something:
动机；（行动的）缘由；目的
Why would she havekilledhim? She has no motive.为什么她会杀害他？她没有动机。
Does he have a motiveforlyingabout where he was?他有必要隐瞒自己去过哪里吗？
What is the motivebehind(= thereasonfor)thebombing?轰炸的动机是什么？
Ithinkyou shouldexamine/questiontheirmotivesinofferingtolendyou themoney.我认为你该仔细考虑一下／怀疑他们主动借钱给你的目的。
Shedeniesthat she has anulterior(=secret)motive for making thedonation.她否认进行这一捐赠是别有用心。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the cause of something
  • reasonI frankly don’t understand the reason for the delay.
  • causeInvestigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire.
  • rootWe need to get to the root of her problems.
  • motiveThere seems to have been no motive for the murder.
  • ground(s)On what grounds was she dismissed?
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More examples
  • He gives a lot ofmoneytocharity, but self-aggrandizement is his motive.
  • The motive for thisshockingattackseemsto beracialhatred.
  • Detectives have beenunabletoassigna motive for themurder.
  • Heclaimshe justwantstohelpLisa but Isuspecthe has anulteriormotive.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Motives and reasons
  • cause
  • causeless
  • drive
  • first principles
  • from a place ofidiom
  • ground
  • hidden agenda
  • impulse
  • in the name ofsomethingidiom
  • mainspring
  • motivation
  • name
  • object
  • peg
  • place
  • rationale
  • should
  • wherefores
  • why
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motive
adjective[before noun]
physicsspecialized
uk
/ˈməʊ.tɪv/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
(ofpowerorforce)causingmovementoraction
（引起）运动的；发动的；原动的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General words for movement
  • betake
  • budge
  • budge up
  • carry
  • circulate
  • dad dancing
  • gangway
  • kinetic
  • kinetic energy
  • libration
  • locomotion
  • mill around
  • motion
  • move
  • pass
  • round
  • rove
  • seethe
  • shove
  • slip
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(Definition ofmotivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

motive| American Dictionary

motive
noun[C]
us
/ˈmoʊ·t̬ɪv/
areasonfor doing something:
Does he have a motive forlyingabout where he was?
Judymovedto Florida because shelikesit there, not for anyulteriormotive(=secretreason).

motivate

verb[T]us
/ˈmoʊ·t̬əˌveɪt/
She’smotivatedby adesiretohelppeople.
(Definition ofmotivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmotive

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Although desire does not imply love, it does provide amotivefor love.
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I also wish to voice a more positivemotivefor this book.
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Their ostensible practical purport provides the pamphleteer with both amotiveand an expository framework.
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Furthermore, in almost all cases such purchases were prompted not by a speculativemotivebut by the desire to transmit a patrimony.
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The influx of water and metabolites into the vacuole is dependent in part on the generation of a protonmotiveforce across the tonoplast.
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Whatever themotive, the general influence of the system is bad in that it emphasizes the grade and not the subject.
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When someone does something we can ask what he actually did; what he intended to do; what hismotivewas.
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The other and perhaps strongermotivefor regional bloc-building is the hope of increasing collective bargaining power.
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As a result the science, education, art, technology and institutions of a society are dependent on its religiousmotive.
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Everymotive, every cause producing patriotism was here collected without any of those cold abstractions which had been substituted by modern poets.
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Higher rent was themotivebehind the creation of large farms.
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Also, the enjoyment of getting feedback was mentioned as a 'significant'motiveto participate by many of the respondents.
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Finally, the search for a marriage partner was amotiveto many a young servant to move around and expand his or her social network.
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Dissatisfaction in these respects was amotivefor a change of employer, just as reports of better conditions somewhere else was a pull factor.
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We should not impugn their motives though we disagree with their arguments.
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Collocationswithmotive

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hidden motive
No doubt there is some hidden motive behind such a restriction, but it would seem grossly unfair.
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improper motive
It shows there must have been some improper motive for the change.
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main motive
Themainmotivefor growing grain legume crops was the production of grain.
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