ulterior

英 [ʌlˈtɪəriə(r)] 美 [ʌlˈtɪriər]

adj.  隐秘的; 不可告人的; 秘密的; 矢口否认的

GREIELTSTEM8法律

BNC.21706 / COCA.22083



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 隐秘的;不可告人的;秘密的;矢口否认的
    that sb keeps hidden and does not admit
    1. She must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me─what does she really want?
      她对我这么好,一定别有用心——她到底想干什么呢?

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ (动机等)隐蔽的,隐秘的,隐藏的
    If you say that someone has an ulterior motive for doing something, you believe that they have a hidden reason for doing it.
    1. Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan...
      希拉想帮助斯坦是另有所图的。
    2. Posing for the camera pleased him more than anything else. No doubt with the ulterior object of catching votes.
      在照相机前摆姿势是最令他高兴的事了,背后的动机无疑是为了拉选票。

双语例句

  1. Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan
    希拉想帮助斯坦是另有所图的。
  2. Posing for the camera pleased him more than anything else. No doubt with the ulterior object of catching votes.
    在照相机前摆姿势是最令他高兴的事了,背后的动机无疑是为了拉选票。
  3. Their groundless accusation is made with ulterior motives.
    他们的无端攻击是别有用心的。
  4. The weasel goes to pay his respects to the hen--not with the best of intentions.; A weasel giving new year's greetings to a hen has ulterior motives.
    黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。
  5. I select them solely for their convenience in helping me to my ulterior purpose.
    我所以选择它们,只是为了便于帮助我达到以后的目的。
  6. The country has no ulterior designs against any of its neighbours.
    这个国家对其邻国绝无不可告人的企图。
  7. Dorothy knew that one of her worst faults was to suspect ulterior motives in others.
    多萝茜心里明白,自己最大的一个毛病,就是爱揣度别人秘而不宣的动机。
  8. She felt so free from ulterior motives.
    她觉得已毫无言不由衷的必要了。
  9. A cynic reckons that people generally have an ulterior motive for what they do.
    他们认为通常情况下,人们做事都是别有用心的。
  10. This study was done by the National Institutes of Health, not by anybody with any ulterior motive.
    这项研究是由美国国家卫生研究院来进行的,所以并不会像有些调查一样存在着某些不可告人的动机。
  11. I have an ulterior motive in offering to help you.
    我主动提出要帮助你是有私心的。
  12. Even if we had no ulterior motives our initiative would still damage French interests.
    纵令我们没有不可告人的动机,我们的倡议仍然会损害法国的利益。
  13. I can't help suspecting him of ulterior motives.
    我不禁怀疑他别有用心。
  14. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
    你如果行善事,人们会说你必定是别有用心。
  15. But I had an ulterior motive.
    但我还有一个私底下的目的。
  16. Fascists have had such an argument, they are people with ulterior motives.
    法西斯分子有过这种论调,他们是别有用心的。
  17. His conduct points to an ulterior motive.
    他的行为说明他有不可告人的动机。
  18. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
    如果你做善事,人们说你自私自利、别有用心,不管怎样,还是要做善事;
  19. There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.
    他的建议里没有不可告人的动机。
  20. Their theories are incriminated, their aim suspected, their ulterior motive is feared, their conscience denounced.
    人们指责他们的理论,怀疑他们的目的,担心他们别有用心,并谴责他们的意识。
  21. They have no ulterior motive.
    他们并非别有用心。
  22. They are kind-hearted and honest, they are not crafty and don't have ulterior motives.
    他们的心总是善良的,是诚实的,不是狡猾的,不是别有用心的。
  23. People thought he must have a ulterior motive for wanting to help.
    人们认为他想提供帮助一定是别有用心。
  24. There is heavy dependence on situation, circumstances, ulterior motives and many more dynamics.
    有严重依赖状况,情况更为动态和许多别有用心。
  25. The hesternal you isn't mine, so must the ulterior you be mine?
    昨天的你不是我的你,那么明天的你一定是我的你么?
  26. They suspect them of ulterior motives.
    他们怀疑这些基金别有用心。
  27. I assure you there was no ulterior motive in my suggestion.
    我向你保证我的建议没有不可告人的动机。
  28. All of these arrangements were a prelude to the war, their ultimate ulterior motive.
    所有这些安排都只是这次战争的序曲,战争才是他们最终的不可告人的目的。
  29. If you do good, will people accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives? Do good anyway.
    你做善事,人们会说你自私自利、别有用心吗?无论如何,做善事吧。
  30. The bourgeois politician played on the patriotic sentiments of the people from ulterior motives.
    那个资产阶级政客别有用心地利用人们的爱国情绪。