motive

['məutiv]

n.动机, 目的, 主题
adj.发动的, 运动的,动机的
vt.促使

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

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 |

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  

英英释义

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

补充

motivemotive英:[ˈməutiv] 美:[ˈmotɪv]n.1.动机, 目的The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。

例句

1. Profit, he insisted, was never his motive.他坚称, 他从来没想过从中获利。 2. the motives and objectives of British foreign policy英国外交政策的动机及目标 3. One might question the motives of some politicians.有人也许会质疑一些政客的动机。 4. I urge you to question his motives.我强烈要求你对他的动机提出质疑。 5. Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.警方已排除因抢劫而杀人的可能。 6. They have not been able to establish a motive for the attack.对于这次袭击, 他们还没能确定其动机。 7. motive force动力 8. a motive for his murder.谋杀他的动机。 9. 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。 10. the motive principle of a writer's work.作家作品的动因创作原则。 11. The police couldn't discover a motive for the murder.对于那宗谋杀案，警方没有发现行凶动机。 12. Their motive in running away was to avoid being punished.他们逃跑的原因是想躲避惩罚。 13. "I think he's guilty of the crime. He had the motive, the means, and the opportunity."我认为他是有罪的。他具备了作案动机、手段和机会。 14. She denied that her offer to help was based on selfish motives.她否认主动提出帮助是出于利己动机。 15. hidden/ulterior motives暗藏/不可告人的动机 16. making decisions based on the profit motive [=the desire to make a profit]以谋利为目的做决策 17. No one knows the main/real/underlying motive for his behavior.没人了解他行为的主要/真正/潜在动机。 18. motive power动力