"motive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

motive sustantivo

sustantivo + motive

Kolokacji: 3

profit motive • revenge motive • base motive

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 • ...

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

Kolokacji: 4

1. question one's motives = pytanie czyjś motywy question one's motives

He didn't have time to question the man's motives, or his state of mind.
And if it were them, I should still question their motives.
We don't question their motives, so long as they pay.
But there - so I don't question motives on this one.
Once again, she questioned her own motives for coming along.
They want us to think, question our own motives, defend them.
She had become furious that he would question her motives.
I didn't even think to question his motives when he said that you wanted to write a profile story on me.
The absence of anything negative led people to question the board's motives.
Neither of us need fear a police knock on the door to question our motives.

2. suspect one's motives = podejrzewać czyjś motywy suspect one's motives

3. discuss one's motives = dyskutować czyjś motywy discuss one's motives

4. speculate on one's motives = spekulować czyjś motywy speculate on one's motives

Kolokacji: 7

(3) explain, reveal, discover

Kolokacji: 3

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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