"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
(13) economic, financial
Kolokacji: 2
(15) human, social, humanitarian
Kolokacji: 3
(16) high, noble, lofty
Kolokacji: 3
1. high motive = wysoki motyw high motive
2. noble motive = wspaniały motyw noble motive
3. lofty motive = wzniosły motyw lofty motive
  • I had another less lofty motive.
  • The Atlantic Monthly does not have as lofty a motive for moving to Washington in the months ahead.
  • The school's lofty motives aside, the venture still is a business deal with profit-making potential.
  • But the force has been criticized for having less than lofty motives, since some say it has looted the country of goods from machinery to minerals.
  • This shift, sudden and dramatic, was accompanied by statements of lofty motives.
  • The hero of Flamborough may have been rationalizing to conceal less lofty motives.
  • The Mayor cites the lofty motives of public safety and sacred campaign pledges.
  • We have heard enough of your 'oppositional attitude' and your lofty motives.
  • The governor's staff argues loudly that there were less lofty motives, namely paychecks and the August vacations.
  • How even I, with stalwart purpose in my heart and lofty motives in my mind, might hesitate?
(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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