motive
An incentive to act in a particular wayAn incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
» Tom had no motive to kill Mary.
У Тома не было мотивов для убийства Мэри.
Том не мав мотиву вбивати Мері.
Значение
значений: 6An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
What would his motive be for burning down the cottage?
No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best.
Motiv, Beweggrund
моти́вmotív, по́водpóvod
моти́вmotýv
(Британия)A party, gathering, or get-together.
(Британия)One's plans for the day or night.
What's the motive for tonight, lads?
(устаревшее)An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
(устаревшее, редкое)A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
Примеры
предложений: 138Tom had no motive to kill Mary.
У Тома не было мотивов для убийства Мэри. — marafon
ukТом не мав мотиву вбивати Мері. — Anjy
The motive for the attack is unknown.
Причина нападения неизвестна. — Wezel
I don't think Tom has any ulterior motives.
Не думаю, что у Тома есть какие-то скрытые мотивы. — Wezel
Nobody seemed to have a motive for the murder.
Казалось, никто не имел повода для убийства. — Lenin_1917
deNiemand schien ein Motiv für den Mord zu haben. — runawaytiger
Tom had ulterior motives.
У Тома были скрытые мотивы. — marafon
Переводы
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Происхождение
From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source,From Middle English motif, from Anglo-Norman motif, Middle French motif, and their source, Late Latin motivum (“motive, moving cause”), neuter of motivus.
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Формы
мн. число: motivesСинонимы
синонимов: 4- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior:motivationneed
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration:motif
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music:motif
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 9Сочетаемость
шаблонов: 4- ulterior motives
- motive for the
- motive for doing
- the motive for