motive

• She felt it no use to conjecture his motives .
  她觉得猜想他的动机是没有用的。
• He claimed that his motive for stealing was hunger .
  他说他因为饿才去偷东西。
• The same motives always produce the same actions .
  同样的动机常产生出同样的行为来。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits .
  那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
• I elaborated people's motives all too profusely .
  我总是把人们的动机引申得如此淋漓尽致。
• Their groundless accusation is made with ulterior motives .
  他们的无端攻击是别有用心的。
• 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？
• Are you suggesting i don't know my own motives ?
  你的意思是说，我连自己的动机都搞不清楚？
• The characters and their motives are round and deep .
  人物和他们的动机被刻划得完美而深刻。
• To this day i have not understood nasser's motives .
  我至今也搞不明白，纳赛尔为什么要这样做。