"motive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

motive sustantivo

sustantivo + motive

Kolokacji: 3

profit motive • revenge motive • base motive

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

(1) profit, revenge, base

Kolokacji: 3

1. profit motive = nastawienie na zysk profit motive

2. revenge motive = motyw zemsty revenge motive

3. base motive = motyw podstawy base motive

The Vessel claimed to be act- ing out of base motives.
Whatever you have done has not been from base motives.
The principals have been blaming each other for the delay and speculating about base motives.
They have confounded the cynical view that everyone in Washington has base political motives.
Some of these struggles have been inspired by base motives - desires to appropriate art to a national or a political cause.
Still, the administration would like you to think that Mr. Clarke had base motives in writing his book.
"Are you ascribing base motives to me, my love?"
There's a base motive: people like to see the media brought down.
"Surely you do not attribute any such base motive to me!"
And a man in such a state of guilt might be sensitive to allegations that he was acting from base motives.

motive + verbo

Kolokacji: 13

motive appears • motive seems • motive includes • motive varies • motive prompts • ...

verbo + motive

Kolokacji: 14

question one's motives • understand one's motives • explain one's motives • see motives • reveal one's motives • ...

adjetivo + motive

Kolokacji: 93

ulterior motive • political motive • possible motive • real motive • true motive • ...

preposición + motive

Kolokacji: 13

of one's motives • about one's motives • on one's motives • with motives • for motives • ...

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