Motive

(adj.) causing or able to cause motion; 'a motive force'; 'motive power'; 'motor energy' .

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• This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Start with your motive. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• That's what bothers me--I can't put my hand on a motive. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• What can be the motive for such extraordinary conduct as that? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But now it comes out: 'My motive for cautioning you is as follows. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The engineer in telephony cannot increase his motive power. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Stephenson saw that he must in some way increase the power of his engine if he was to provide a new motive power for the mines. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• No motive was suggested. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Some virtuous motive, therefore, must be antecedent to that regard. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He proposed to use gunpowder gas as the motive power. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• As the question passed his lips, I penetrated the motive of the Indian's visit to my office at last! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• You have, no doubt, a personal motive for proceeding, into which it is not my business to inquire. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Whatever the motive, you want the best? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• There's no motive, Mr. Holmes. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• All the other enterprizes of the Spaniards in the New World, subsequent to those of Columbus, seem to have been prompted by the same motive. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The same experienced union has the same effect on the mind, whether the united objects be motives, volitions and actions; or figure and motion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• According to that doctrine, motives deprive us not of free-will, nor take away our power of performing or forbearing any action. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Could softer motives influence me? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Most of its motives are purely instinctive, and all the mental life that it has is the result of heredity (birth inheritance). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Judge from this, what motives he had to run the risk which he actually ran. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She felt so free from ulterior motives that she took up his charge with a touch of resentment. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• They were admirable things for the observer--excellent for drawing the veil from men's motives and actions. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• A man may, from various motives, decline to give his company, but perhaps not even a sage would be gratified that nobody missed him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• These are the motives which I have been pressing on you. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Most people have motives of some sort for their actions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The tangle of motives and facts and ideas was incredible. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I was not fond of pampering that susceptible vanity of his; but for once, and from motives of expediency, I would e'en soothe and stimulate it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Were it not, mere charity or friendship could be the only motives for lending. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I assure you I am in no danger of putting any strained construction on your motives. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The utility element is found in the motives assigned for the study, the liberal element in methods of teaching. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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