Čo znamená motive v angličtine a aká je definícia motive?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť motive výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

motive Význam & definícia

0 a reason for doing something:
- Why would she have killed him? She has no motive.
- Does he have a motive for lying about where he was?
- What is the motive behind (= the reason for) the bombing?
- I think you should examine/question their motives in offering to lend you the money.
- She denies that she has an ulterior (= secret) motive for making the donation.
1 (of power or force) causing movement or action
2 a reason for doing something:
- Does he have a motive for lying about where he was?
- Judy moved to Florida because she likes it there, not for any ulterior motive (= secret reason).

He gives a lot of money to charity, but self-aggrandizement is his motive.
The motive for this shocking attack seems to be racial hatred.
Detectives have been unable to assign a motive for the murder.
He claims he just wants to help Lisa but I suspect he has an ulterior motive.
Although desire does not imply love, it does provide a motive for love.
I also wish to voice a more positive motive for this book.
Their ostensible practical purport provides the pamphleteer with both a motive and an expository framework.
Furthermore, in almost all cases such purchases were prompted not by a speculative motive but by the desire to transmit a patrimony.