English translation for "motive"

[ 'məutiv ] 
adj.
引起运动的,发动的,运动的；成为(行动的)动机的。
n.
1.动机,动因；主旨；目的。
2.(艺术作品的)主题；题材。
短语和例子
of [from] one's own motive 自动。
vt.
1.＝ motivate.
2.成为(艺术作品的)主题。

Related Translations:

motive power:  [force] 动力〔电、汽力等〕；〔集合词〕机车,拖拉机。

leading motive:  1.主要动机。2.【音乐】主导主题，主导旋律。

Example Sentences:

	1.	Nothing could induce him to name a motive . 没有办法教他说出动机来。
	2.	He had some motive in telling this fable . 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
	3.	He did n't say these words without a motive .. 他说这些话是有来头的。
	4.	She felt so free from ulterior motives . 她觉得已毫无言不由衷的必要了。
	5.	What makes life dreary is the want of motive . 没有主意，生命便惨淡无光。
	6.	Some, however, discerned other motives . 然而，有人觉察出这里有别的动机。
	7.	Somehow he had sensed the general's motive . 将军的用意他分明是意识到了。
	8.	What motives impelled him to do so ？ 是什么动机促使他这么干？
	9.	Somehow he had sensed the general's motive . 将军的用意他分明是意识到了的。
	10.	Her mother, she admitted, had another motive . 她承认，她母亲怀有另一个目的。

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