motive

['məutiv]

n.动机, 目的, 主题
adj.发动的, 运动的,动机的
vt.促使

例句与用法：

He showed his sinister motive at last.

他终于露出了他那邪恶的用心。

Can we assign jealousy as the motive for the crime?

我们能否确定这一犯罪动机是出于嫉妒?

The police have excluded robbery as a motive for the murder.

警方已排除该谋杀案中有抢劫的动机。

Her prime motive was personal ambition.

她的主要动机是为了实现个人的志向。

I don't understand what his motive is.

我不知道他的动机是什么。

His sole motive is to make more money.

他唯一的动机就是多赚钱。

词形变化：

动词过去式: motived | 动词过去分词: motived | 动词现在分词: motiving | 动词第三人称单数: motives |

n.[C]

1. 动机; 主旨; 目的[(+of/for)]

His sole motive was to make her happy.

他唯一的目的就是使她幸福。

I believe that Martin had two motives.

我相信马丁有着双重动机。

2. (文艺作品的)主题

a.

成为原动力的, 起动的, 推动的

The water provides the motive power that turns the mill wheel.

水提供了转动轮子的动力。

For many years the motive power of trains was steam.

好多年, 火车的动力是蒸汽。

vt.

使产生动机, 激起

motive

名词复数：motives

过去式：motived

过去分词：motived

现在进行时：motiving

词形变化：

动词过去式: motived | 动词过去分词: motived | 动词现在分词: motiving | 动词第三人称单数: motives |

同义词：

interested | driven | inspired | moved | stirred | encouraged | determined | ambitious |

反义词：

unmotivated |

词义辨析：

同义:

n.动机; 理由

reason

cause

ground

basis

motivation

prompting

同义参见:

determination

pretense

seed

sake

signal

incentive

objective

stimulant

grounds

occasion

motive['məutiv]n.1.■动机，(行动的)缘由；目的2.■(文艺作品的)主题，中心思想3.■(装饰、图案画等的)基调，基本图案；基本色彩4.■【音乐】动机，乐旨adj.1.■运动的；发动的；推动的；促进的；原动的2.■成为…动机的vt.1.■使有动机，使产生动机；构成(行为)的动机，激起(行动)；促动近义词incentiveinducementleading motive【音乐】主导旋律，主题主要动机mixed motives不纯的动机

1. a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious
   （尤指隐藏的）动机，缘由
   a motive for his murder.
   谋杀他的动机。
   
2. a motif in art, literature, or music
   （文艺作品、音乐的）艺术思想，主题
   

1. producing physical or mechanical motion
   引起运动的
   the charge of gas is the motive force for every piston stroke.
   气体的冲击是每一活塞冲程的动力。
   
2. causing or being the reason for something
   引发的，动因的；驱动的
   the motive principle of a writer's work.
   作家作品的动因创作原则。
   

1. late Middle English: from Old French motif (adjective used as a noun), from late Latin motivus, from movere 'to move'
   

motive

名词 motive:

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

同义词：motivation, need

a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

同义词：motif

形容词 motive:

causing or able to cause motion

同义词：motor

impelling to action

同义词：motivative, motivating

motive

■Some soldier and prefect follow Caesar out of motive of friendship.

一些士兵和官员出于友情而跟随凯萨。

■One is the motive power of ego and the other is that of superego.

一是自我动力，二是超我动力。

■After a crime,suspicion naturally falls on the person who has a motive for it.

一罪案发生后, 有作案动机的人自然受到怀疑.

■After a crime, suspicion naturally fall on the person who have a motive for it.

一罪案发生後，有作案动机的人自然受到怀疑。

■It is humbug to pretend that this is not a motive, and a strong one. . .

不承认这是动机，是一种强烈的动机，完全是自欺欺人。

■Don't attribute such a motive to him.

不要把这样的动机加在他身上。

■An actuating force or factor; a motive.

主动力或主动因素;动机充沛精力

■The people are the motive force in the making of world history.

人民是创造世界历史的动力。

■From the first jump, he approached the girl with some insidious motive.

从一开始他就怀着不可告人的目的接近这个女孩。

■The motive that urged them both so soon to go against the Hurons, was an habitual contempt of their enemy.

他们两人这么快就向赫尤斯发起进攻，是因为他们一贯蔑视他们的敌人。

■Their language was almost unrestrained by any motive of prudence .

他们基本上不怎么想到谨慎原则，所以语言上基本上毫无节制。

■They have no ulterior motive.

他们并非别有用心。

■What is the motive behind the accusation?

他们指控背后的动机到底是什么呢?

■What was his motive for doing that?

他做那件事的动机是什么?

■His sole motive is to make more money.

他唯一的动机就是多赚钱。

■His sole motive was to make her happy.

他唯一的目的就是使她幸福。

■He has an ulterior motive for wanting to see her.

他想见她是别有用心的。

■He knew Donaghy's motive for not wanting to see the Pistons repeat.

他明白Donaghy等不及看到活塞队重蹈覆辙的原因。

■He's got lots of money so he had no motive to rob the bank.

他有很多钱,所以没有动机去抢银行。

■His motive was not bad, but his way of handling things were wrong.

他本心并不坏，只是做事方式有问题。

■His motive in coming was a wish to achieve mutual understanding.

他来的动机是想达成相互理解。

■He has an ulterior motive for seeing her; he's going to ask for some money.

他来看望她是别有用心，他是来要钱的。

■His real motive for the crime remains obscure.

他犯罪的真正动机仍不清楚.

■There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.

他的建议里没有不可告人的动机。

■It was all so plain about his true, underlying motive.

他的真正内在动机在哪里，现在已经是清清楚楚了。

■His conduct points to an ulterior motive.

他的行为说明他有不可告人的动机。

■He showed his sinister motive at last.

他终于露出了他那邪恶的用心。

■He had some motive in telling this fable.

他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

■He claimed that his motive for stealing was hunger.

他说他因为饿才去偷东西。

■He didn't say these words without a motive.

他说这些话是有来头的。

■His motive for working so hard is that he needs money.

他这么卖命干的目的在于他需要钱。

■Psychopathic torture-muderers，with torture their primary motive.

以施虐为主要动机的病态虐杀者。

■But I had an ulterior motive.

但我还有一个私底下的目的。

■You earnest reply, is a motive that we work! Thanks!

你们认真的回帖,是我们工作动力的源泉!

■You earnest reply, is a motive that we work!thanks!

你们认真的回帖，是我们工作动力的源泉！

■Knowing any man's mainspring of motive you have as it were the key to his will.

你要找的正是这种“原动力”，它不一定总是某种高尚的或重要的东西。

■What's your motive for saying that?

你那么说用意何在?

■What is your motive for saying that?

你那么说用意何在？

■The motive behind such words is austere rather than snobbish.

使用这些字样的动机是庄严肃穆而非趋炎附势。

■Many varied motive prompt individual to join a political party.

促使人们加入政党的动机许许多多且各不相同。

■Actions shouldn't be guided solely by motive without any attention to effect.

做事不能只凭动机，不问效果。

■This motive for doing good seems to be the strongest available to Zoroaster in his message.

做好事的动机看上去似乎在琐罗亚斯德的信息里面是十分强烈的。

■I have already spoken about the dialectical materialist view of motive and effect.

关于动机和效果的辩证唯物主义观点，我在前面已经讲过了。

■Its motive and jumping-off place are very suspectable.

其动机及出发点十分值得怀疑。

■The murderer is a moody person. He gave the man a murderous blow. No one knows his motive.

凶手是个易怒的人，他给那人致命一击，没有知道他的动机。

■Never ascribe to an opponent motive mean than your own .

切勿把比自己的更下流的动机说成是对手的。

■All the evidence collected so far points to robbery as the motive of the crime.

到目前为止所搜集的全部证据说明,这一犯罪行为的动机是抢劫。

■For then there is no other motive left except mutual inclination.

到那时，除了相互的爱慕以外，就再也不会有别的动机了。

■A minor error, such as a slip of the tongue, thought to reveal a subconscious motive.

动作倒错，失误动作一种如口误等被认为能揭示潜意识动机的小错误

■Motive power is usually electric, CO2 or the traditional rubber strip motor.

动力通常使用电动、二氧化碳（翻译者注:猜想是干冰气化产生动力）、或者橡皮筋动力。