1. (行动的)动机，缘由
Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it.
e.g. Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
警方已排除因抢劫而杀人的可能。
e.g. ...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy...
英国外交政策的动机和目标
名词动机，主旨; （艺术作品的）主题，题材
形容词动机的; 运动的; 发动的
及物动词促使