motive

I'm suspicious of his motives.

我怀疑他的动机。

The violence was clearly prompted by political motives.

这次暴力事件显然是由政治动机引发的。

What do you suppose the killer's motive was?

你认为凶手的动机是什么？

He had some motive in telling this fable.

他讲这寓言故事是有用意的.

This text continues to demonstrate the motive force of ship maximization of containerized transport-- Scale effect.

本文接着就集装箱运输船舶大型化动力 ― ― 规模效应,进行了进一步的论证.

This study was done by the National Institutes of Health, not anybody with any ulterior motive.

这项研究是由美国国家卫生研究院来进行的, 所以并不会像有些调查一样存在着某些不可告人的动机.

the profit motive (= the desire to make a profit)

谋利的动机

The police could not find a motive for the murder.

警察不能找到谋杀的动机.

There seemed to be no motive for the murder.

这起谋杀案看不出有什么动机。

Greed was his only motive for stealing.

贪婪是他盗窃的唯一动机.

I have an ulterior motive in offering to help you.

我主动提出要帮助你是有私心的。

Water provided the motive power for the mill.

水为磨坊提供了动力。

...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy...

英国外交政策的动机和目标

an apparently motiveless murder/attack

表面上没有动机的谋杀 / 袭击

Only the few men around the president understood his motive.

只有总统身边的几个人了解他的动机.

Their inner motive is to intimidate their partner into loving and supporting them.

内在动机是想胁迫配偶爱他们、支持他们.

Motive power is, in quantity, invariable in nature, it is never either produced or destroyed.

原动力在数量上实质是不变的, 它绝不会产生也不会消失.

Her mother, she admitted, had another motive.

她承认, 她母亲怀有另一个目的.

Distinguish what motive actually swayed with him.

辨明实际上对他具有影响力的动机是什么.

The man privately admits that his motive is profits.

那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利.

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.

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。

The vast rural consumer market will become a strong motive force to promote China's economic growth.

广大农村消费市场将成为中国经济的强劲动力源之一.

The crime seemed to have been committed without motive.

这一罪案似乎并无作案动机.

No motive for the killing has yet been established.

还没有确定杀人动机.

She definitely had an ulterior motive in offering to help.

她主动提出帮忙,肯定有不可告人的动机.

motive power/force (= for example, electricity, to operate machinery)

原动力

The assailant, an unemployed Chinese man, killed himself after the stabbings, and his motive remains unclear.

持刀行凶者是一名中国无业男子, 他随后跳楼自杀, 其杀人动机尚不明了.

Decoration was the most common motive for tattooing and that still holds true today.

装修是最常见的动机是为纹身,并仍维持至今.

Reform is the powerful motive force that urges social advancement.

改革是推动社会前进的强大动力.