"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
(17) racial, racist
Kolokacji: 2
(18) commercial, mercenary
Kolokacji: 2
(19) plausible, twisted
Kolokacji: 2
(20) psychological, rational
Kolokacji: 2
1. psychological motive = psychologiczny motyw psychological motive
  • Such tales push psychological motives to the forefront, while the social element becomes secondary.
  • Now the reasons are more complex, or perhaps psychological motives have simply supplanted religious ones.
  • "The underlying issues, the psychological motives, in all my movies have been the same," he said.
  • Surely there must be psychological motives operating here of which the Reverend can scarcely be aware.
  • Many of the scenes in "Crash" unfold with great dramatic power, even when they lack a credible narrative or psychological motive.
  • But psychological motive is not the film's primary concern.
  • But the psychological motive, when it finally surfaces, will not have you tumbling from your seat.
  • No discernible pattern to murders that link with a psychological motive.
  • The best of Russia's authors, when writing for or about children, have always had a keen understanding of psychological motives that adults no longer share.
  • Smith developed his own version of this general principle in which six psychological motives combine in each individual to produce the common good.
2. rational motive = racjonalny motyw rational motive
(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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