motive

英 ['məʊtɪv] 美 ['moʊtɪv]

• n. 动机；目的；主题
• adj. 发动的；运动的；动机的
• vt. 促使

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]动机,目的

   a cause of or reason for action

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 动机，目的，动因，原因，原（动力）
2. 主题，主旨，宗旨，题材
3. 策源地
4. 【音乐】动机，乐旨
5. 设计的基本图样，基本色彩，基本花纹

adj. 形容词

1. 发动的，运动的，起动的，推动的，原动的
2. 成为动机的，成为原动力的
3. 引起运动的，导致运动的
4. 不固定的

v. 动词

1. 成为主题
2. 使产生动机，激起，激发，促动，促使

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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"
   

2. a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

3. a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

Adjective:

1. causing or able to cause motion;

   "a motive force"
   "motive power"
   "motor energy"
   

2. impelling to action;

   "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"
   "motive pleas"
   "motivating arguments"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her prime motive was personal ambition.
   她的主要动机是为了实现个人的志向。
2. I don't understand what his motive is.
   我不知道他的动机是什么。
3. The police have excluded robbery as a motive for the murder.
   警方已排除该谋杀案中有抢劫的动机。
4. Can we assign jealousy as the motive for the crime?
   我们能否确定这一犯罪动机是出于嫉妒?
5. His sole motive was to make her happy.
   他唯一的目的就是使她幸福。
6. This motive had been a stock-in-trade of medieval art.
   这一主题是中世纪艺术所惯用的。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The water provides the motive power that turns the mill wheel.
   水提供了转动轮子的动力。
2. In a case of murder, the police questioned everyone who might have a motive.
   在谋杀案里，警察审问了每一个可能有谋杀动机的人。
3. The criterion for judging subjective intention or motive is social practice and its effect.
   社会实践及其效果是检验主观愿望或动机的标准。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. According to the order,Communist Jiang San motived the mass to fight against the Japanese army.they eradicated the enemy,and killed his brother Jiang Er,who was a traitor.
   共产党员蒋三奉命加家乡发动群众开展武装斗争，最后消灭了当地日伪军，除掉汉奸，其兄蒋二。
2. His love of money is the only motive that drives him to work so hard.
   爱钱是促使他努力工作的唯一动机。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. I have established a motive.
   我已查明了这一动机。
2. The man reveals the hidden motives.
   这个人揭露了隐藏的目的。
3. The police could not find a motive for the murder.
   警察不能找到谋杀的动机。

经典引文

• Convection in the lower mantle..provides the motive force for continental drift.

  出自：Nature

• The French Revolution..found..its motive power in the intelligence of men.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• leading motive 主要动机; 主题, ...
• business motive 经营动机
• social motive 社会动机
• transaction motive 交易动机
• management motive 管理动机
• motive power 动力
• motive force 原动力
• precautionary motive 谨慎动机
• motive cycle 工作循环
• motive noise 动噪声
• speculative motive 投机动机
• convenience motive 方便动机
• profit motive 谋利动机
• unlearned motive 非习得动机

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的motif，意为运动的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• cause
• purpose

【反义词】

• deterrent