柯林斯詞典motive /?m??t?v/ (motives) 1. N-COUNT Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it. 動機 Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing. 警方已排除了搶劫是殺人的動機。 返回 motive劍橋詞典a reason for doing something 動機；（行動的）緣由；目的 Why would she have killed him? She has no motive. 爲什麼她會殺害他？她沒有動機。 Does he have a motive for lying about where he was? 他有必要隱瞞自己去過哪裡嗎？ What is the motive behind (= the reason for) the bombing ? 轟炸的動機是什麼？ I think you should examine /question their motives in offering to lend you the money . 我認爲你該仔細考慮一下／懷疑他們主動借錢給你的目的。 She denies that she has an ulterior (= secret ) motive for making the donation . 她否認進行這一捐贈是別有用心。 例句 He gives a lot of money to charity , but self-aggrandizement is his motive.The motive for this shocking attack seems to be racial hatred .Detectives have been unable to assign a motive for the murder .He claims he just wants to help Lisa but I suspect he has an ulterior motive. 返回 motive