"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 • ...
adjetivo + motive
Kolokacji: 93
ulterior motive • political motive • possible motive • real motive • true motive • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 29
(1) ulterior, hidden, secret
Kolokacji: 3
(4) strong, powerful, compelling
Kolokacji: 3
(6) personal, deep
Kolokacji: 2
(7) only, sole
Kolokacji: 2
(8) apparent, obvious, dominant
Kolokacji: 3
(9) different, similar, mixed
Kolokacji: 3
1. sinister motive = złowieszczy motyw sinister motive
2. improper motive = niewłaściwy motyw improper motive
3. bad motive = zły motyw bad motive
4. dark motive = mroczny motyw dark motive
5. evil motive = zły motyw evil motive
6. unworthy motive = niegodny motyw unworthy motive
  • It would be an entire mistake to suppose that Mr. Platt's lieutenants were either all bad men or all influenced by unworthy motives.
  • In this lofty and noble vocation, no man ever put out, with more perfect abandonment of all unworthy motive, the valuable gifts which he had received.
  • At no time must he impute unworthy motives to them.
  • He said we were never to write a word for a low or unworthy motive, but always to cling to the very highest ideals.
  • "You should not impart unworthy motives to the Gyalpo Rinpoche."
  • The Badger looked at him very suspiciously, but Toad's frank, open countenance made it difficult to suggest any unworthy motive in this change of attitude.
  • Mossad operatives claimed in the recent parliamentary subcommittee hearings that revenge is an unworthy motive in battling terror.
  • Mind you, I suppose I could be accused of unworthy motives.
  • The female figure is for the Serbian soldier was unworthy motive on the medal for bravery.
  • "If it's something that developed simply in the 12th century for unworthy motives like inheritance," he said, "then it's difficult for me to see it being sustained."
7. malicious motive = złośliwy motyw malicious motive
(13) economic, financial
Kolokacji: 2
(15) human, social, humanitarian
Kolokacji: 3
(16) high, noble, lofty
Kolokacji: 3
(17) racial, racist
Kolokacji: 2
(18) commercial, mercenary
Kolokacji: 2
(19) plausible, twisted
Kolokacji: 2
(20) psychological, rational
Kolokacji: 2
(23) unconscious, self-interested
Kolokacji: 2
(24) major, secondary, petty
Kolokacji: 3
(25) alleged, questionable, dubious
Kolokacji: 3
(26) known, unknown
Kolokacji: 2
(27) ultimate, immediate
Kolokacji: 2
(28) underlying, basic
Kolokacji: 2
(29) melodic, rhythmic
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + motive
Kolokacji: 13
of one's motives • about one's motives • on one's motives • with motives • for motives • ...

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