| 词汇 | ulterior |
| 释义 | ulteriorWord family adjectiveulterioradverbulteriorly ul·te·ri·or /ʌlˈtɪəriə $ -ˈtɪriər/ adjectiveadj ulterior motive/purpose etc REASONa reason for doing something that you deliberately hide in order to get an advantage for yourself 别有用心的动机/目的等 He’s just being nice. I don’t think he has any ulterior motives. 他就是好心，我不认为他别有用心。 Examples from the Corpus ulterior motive/purpose etc• A member is entitled to a judgment that is free from any extraneous or ulterior motive.• Actually, he invited me out tonight, probably with an ulterior motive.• However, for Guangming Ribao, all her appeals to students to end the demonstrations had an ulterior motive.• It was difficult to accept that Jane had no ulterior motives.• The legislation pertaining to protection of wetlands and endangered species is clearly being abused by extremists pursuing ulterior motives.• They look around for other explanations and ulterior motives.• An ulterior motive for performing text recognition is to convert existing printed material into a computer format that permits further processing.• No ulterior motive lurks behind it, but it keeps you at a distance. Examples from the Corpus ulterior• They were the sturdy facade, the ulterior design for a very canny flow of resources.• It was under the old law if done in pursuance of the ulterior intent, not if done simply to gain access.• An ulterior motive for performing text recognition is to convert existing printed material into a computer format that permits further processing.• No ulterior motive lurks behind it, but it keeps you at a distance.• A member is entitled to a judgment that is free from any extraneous or ulterior motive.• They look around for other explanations and ulterior motives. (1600-1700) Latin “farther”, from ulter “in a position beyond”, from uls “beyond” |
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