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单词

motive

读音
ˈmoʊtɪv
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词根

"Motive" 的词根来自拉丁词 "movere",意为"移动”。由此词根派生出的其他单词有 "move"(移动),"remove"(去除),"mobile"(移动的),等等。

释义

n. 动机,目的;主题 adj. 发动的;成为动机的 vt. 使产生动机,激起 [ 复数 motives 第三人称单数 motives 现在分词 motiving 过去式 motived 过去分词 motived ]

例句

The motive for the killing is unknown.
杀人的动机不明。
There seemed to be no motive for the murder.
这起谋杀案看不出有什么动机。
Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
警方已排除了抢劫是杀人的动机。

强化记忆

虽然 "motive" 是一个较为复杂的单词,但你可以通过联想记忆。想象 "motive" 为 "move it",翻译过来就是 "移动它"。这样,你就可以联想到这个词是关于 "推动" 或 "动机" 的。"Motive" 这个词源自 14 世纪的法语 "motif",并最终源于拉丁语"motivus",意为 "进行移动"。而在现代英语中,这个词主要被用于描述推动行为或决策的内在原因。

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But it was a social arena in which other people were gatheringwith a common motive.And in this case, independently of journalists,
but instead had an economic motive.And this economic motive existed,because false news travels so much farther, faster
was that in America today, a majority of Republicans and Democratssuffer from political motive asymmetry.A majority of people in our country today who are politically active believe
there was a wave of misinformation that came from Macedoniathat didn't have any political motivebut instead had an economic motive.
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