ulterior

英 [ʌl'tɪəriə(r)] 美 [ʌl'tɪriər]

• adj. 隐秘的；别有用心的；将来的；进一步的；遥远的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed);

   "subterranean motives for murder"
   "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"
   

2. beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote;

   "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"
   "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"
   

3. coming at a subsequent time or stage;

   "without ulterior argument"
   "the mood posterior to"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.
   这撬棒准是用于不可告人的目的的。
2. There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.
   他的建议里没有不可告人的动机。
3. I want to know what is our ulterior action.
   我想要知道下一步的行动是什么。

经典引文

• The request was only preparatory to ulterior measures.

  出自： J. A. Froude

近反义词

【近义词】

• farther 更远的
• hidden 隐藏的
• concealed 隐藏的
• secret 秘密
• underhand 秘密的
• unknown 未知的
• mysterious 神秘的
• clandestine 秘密的(常指违法的行为)...
• underlying 潜在的
• subterraneous 地下的(地中的)...
• subterranean 地下的
• posterior (在时间
• later 后来