英语释义

• impelling to action;

  "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap

  "motive pleas"

  "motivating arguments"

• 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;

  "we did not understand his motivation"

  "he acted with the best of motives"

• a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

• causing or able to cause motion;

  "a motive force"

  "motive power"

  "motor energy"

片语

precautionary motive预防性动机

profit motive利润动机

jealous motive嫉妒性动机

physiological motive生理动机

prestige motive声望动机

curiosity motive好奇动机

ulterior motive隐秘不明的动机

biological motive生物性动机

motive power动力

store motive储备动机

motive force动力；起动力，原动力

英汉例句

• still, i sympathize with one motive behind naturalism — the aspiration to think in a scientific spirit.

  尽管如此，我还是支持自然主义背后的一个动机——用科学精神来思考的渴望。

• indeed, in a study of anger, the most common motive for its generation was to assert authority or independence, or to improve self image.

  事实上，在一个研究生气的报告显示，生气产生最多的动机是坚持权威或独立、或者是完善自己的形象。

• mankind have therefore a new motive of uniting; and a fourth law ofnature results from the desire of living in society.

  互相结合的这另一种动机的存在，产生了人类对群居生活的渴望，这就是自然法的第四法则。

• if that is the case, there is a motive and likely suspects for her murder.

  如果这是真的，那么此案将会有新的犯罪嫌疑人与作案动机。

• i understand the motive and goal to control crime.

  我了解他们控制罪案的动机和目的。

• even if we postulate that she had a motive for the murder, that still doesn't mean she did it.

  即使我们假设她有谋杀的动机，那也并不意味着是她干的。

• dialectic materialism maintains the unity of motive and effective, the unity of measures and purposes.

  辩证唯物主义者主张动机和效果的统一，手段和目的的统一。

• her motive was to make some money and a cup on a silver mount.

  她的动机是想挣点钱和得到一个戴银底座的奖杯。

• whether you will be led by this motive to actions which are useful, or to actions which are pernicious, depends upon the social system, and upon your capacities.

  你将被这种动机引导成对社会有利的行为，还是有害的行为，取决于这个社会的制度，以及你个人的能力。

• who would have the motive to fake such a document and why?

  谁还会有对这份文件造假的动机，为什么？

• the opinion polls provide both the opportunity and the motive for the tories’ move.

  民意测验既为保守党提供了机会，也是其行动的动机所在。

• it is still unclear what the motive for this attack was.

  目前还不清楚发动这次袭击是出于什么动机。

• the man privately admits that his motive is profits.

  那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

• in so doing, we may feel better, but we now have no motive to look at causes and correct for the issues that may be impairing our health, thus increasing our 「need」 for more medications over time.

  这样做，我们可能会感觉更好，但我们没有动机去寻找原因和解决可能会损害我们的健康的问题，随着时间的推移从而提高了我们对更多药物的「需要」。

• i do not think that the fundamental motive here has much to do with ideologies.

  我不认为这里的根本动机和意识形态有太多关系。

相似词

motivation动机；积极性；推动

reason推论；劝说

cause引起；使遭受

basis基础；底部；主要成分；基本原则或原理

prompting促进；激起；鼓舞（prompt 的现在分词）

ground土地的；地面上的；磨碎的；磨过的

seed(Seed)人名；(英)锡德

grounds把…放在地上；把…建立在牢固的基础上；上底色（ground的第三人称单数）

sake(Sake)人名；(罗)萨克；(日)酒(姓)

objective客观的；客观存在的；（疾病癥状）客观的，他觉的；目标的；宾格的

determination决心；果断；测定

pretense借口；虚假；炫耀；自吹（等于pretence）

stimulant激励的；使人兴奋的

occasion引起，惹起

incentive激励的；刺激的

cause引起；使遭受

reason推论；劝说

basis基础；底部；主要成分；基本原则或原理

prompting促进；激起；鼓舞（prompt 的现在分词）

ground土地的；地面上的；磨碎的；磨过的

motivation动机；积极性；推动

signal显着的；作为信号的