motive

🇬🇧/ˈməʊtɪv/ 🇺🇸/ˈmoʊtɪv/📚 3615 58 2四级六级考研托福
Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it. 动机

noun [抽象名词]动机,目的,原因;(文艺作品、音乐的)艺术思想,主题

Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
警方已排除了抢劫是杀人的动机。

adjective [原级]引起运动的,起推动作用的

The motive for the killing is unknown.
杀人的动机不明。

verb [vt. 及物动词]使产生动机,激起

There seemed to be no motive for the murder.
这起谋杀案看不出有什么动机。

motive

-tive ⌜ 具有...性质的 - having the quality or tendency of ~ ⌟
motive 出现在下面的课文中
Lesson 18 Porpoises
Lesson 47 The great escape
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