ulterior
英 [ʌlˈtɪəriə(r)]
美 [ʌlˈtɪriər]
adj. 隐秘的; 不可告人的; 秘密的; 矢口否认的
BNC.21706 / COCA.22083
牛津词典
adj.
- 隐秘的;不可告人的;秘密的;矢口否认的
that sb keeps hidden and does not admit- 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?
- She must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me─what does she really want?
柯林斯词典
- ADJ (动机等)隐蔽的,隐秘的,隐藏的
If you say that someone has anulteriormotive for doing something, you believe that they have a hidden reason for doing it.- Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan...
希拉想帮助斯坦是另有所图的。 - 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。
- Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan...
双语例句
- I have an ulterior motive in offering to help you.
我主动提出要帮助你是有私心的。 - Their groundless accusation is made with ulterior motives.
他们的无端攻击是别有用心的。 - 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。 - They have no ulterior motive.
他们并非别有用心。 - They suspect them of ulterior motives.
他们怀疑这些基金别有用心。 - 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。 - 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。 - Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan
希拉想帮助斯坦是另有所图的。 - 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。 - 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。