vt. 给与动机, 刺激, 提高...的学习欲望, 促动
[经] 促动, 激发, 激励
v. give an incentive for action
1. That's a motive, but it's not this killer's motive.
是个动机 但不是这个凶手的动机
2. I'm beginning to think that your ulterior motive has an ulterior motive.
我现在想的是 你这个让人捉摸不透的动机里还有猫腻
3. And what we're seeing now is, in some ways, when the profit motive becomes unmoored from the purpose motive, bad things happen.
现在我们可以看到 某种程度上 当利润奖励不再具有意义动机 事情就会向坏的方面发展
4. Authorities are not disclosing a motive yet, but sources close to the investigation are speculating the risktaking teen may have been motivated by his inheritance.
当局还不清楚动机 但是与调查相关的内部人员 猜测这位喜欢高危运动的少年 也许是为了继承权而下手
5. We could have our motive. I don't know.
他就有作案動機 我說不好
6. I don't think so, but he did have a motive.
我觉得不是 但他确实有动机
7. And it has to be said, he had no motive.
而且不得不说 他没有杀人动机
8. So I have motive, but I did not have the means.
那我有动机 但我没有手段
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