ulterior
英 [ʌl'tɪərɪə]
美[ʌl'tɪrɪɚ]
- adj. 将来的，较远的；在那边的；隐秘不明的
中文词源
ulterior 隐秘的
ulter-, 词源同ultra-,那边的，-or, 比较级后缀，词源同interior. 引申词义隐秘的。
英英释意
- 1. lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed);
- "subterranean motives for murder"
- "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell
- 2. beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote;
- "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"
- "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw
- 3. coming at a subsequent time or stage;
- "the future president entered college at the age of 16"
- "awaiting future actions on the bill"
- "later developments"
- "without ulterior argument"
英文词源
- ulterior
- ulterior: [17] Ulterior goes back to an unrecorded Latin *ulter ‘distant’ (a relative of ultrā ‘beyond’, source of the English prefix ultra-). Its comparative form was ulterior, which meant literally ‘more distant’. Its superlative form was ultimus, which lies behind English ultimate [17] and ultimatum [18] (etymologically the ‘farthest’ or last point).
=> ultimate, ultimatum - ulterior (adj.)
- 1640s, "on the other side of," from Latin ulterior "more distant, more remote, farther, on the farther side," comparative of *ulter "beyond" (see ultra-). The sense "not at present in view or consideration" (as in ulterior motives) is attested from 1735.
实用场景例句
- 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？
牛津词典
- Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan...
- 希拉想帮助斯坦是另有所图的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This study was done by the National Institutes of Health, not 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.
期刊摘选
- Their groundless accusation is made with ulterior motives.
- 他们的无端攻击是别有用心的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.
- 这撬棒准是用于不可告人的目的的.
辞典例句
- Menace lurks everywhere , and every agenda hides an ulterior motive.
- 危机四伏, 每一个议程都有深远的目的.
期刊摘选
- Balcony suddenly lift a tree flowers, ulterior motives in string, wind bloom.
- 阳台上骤然举起一树花, 枝枝串串, 迎风绽放.
期刊摘选
- He has an ulterior motive for wanting to see her.
- 他想见她是别有用心的.
期刊摘选
- If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
- 如果你是善良的, 人们也许会冤枉你自私, 心里不知打着什么主意.
期刊摘选
- She felt so free from ulterior motives.
- 她觉得已毫无言不由衷的必要了.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyaway.
- 你如果做好事, 人们会控诉说你必定是出于自私的稳密动机. 但还是要做好事.
期刊摘选
- If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
- 你如果做好事, 人们会控诉说你必定是出于自私的隐密动机. 但还是要做好事.
期刊摘选
- If you are kind, people any accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
- 即使你是有善的, 人们可能还是会说你自私和动机不良.
期刊摘选
- They have no ulterior motive.
- 他们并非别有用心.
期刊摘选
- If are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway.
- 如果你善良:人们可能会带着自私和秘密动机谴责你: 无论如何,善良一些!
期刊摘选
- If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
- 你如果行善事, 人们会说你必定是出于自私的隐秘动机.
期刊摘选
- There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.
- 他的建议里没有不可告人的动机.
辞典例句
- It was evidently from ulterior motives that he cottoned up to them.
- 他设法接近他们显然是别有用心的.
期刊摘选
- He has an ulterior object in view.
- 他心怀鬼胎,他别有用心.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- She definitely had an ulterior motive in offering to help.
- 她主动提出帮忙,肯定有不可告人的动机.
《简明英汉词典》
- Only those leaders who had ulterior motives and violated the law will be prosecuted.
- 只追究用心不良、触犯刑律的带头的人.
期刊摘选
- I want to know what is our ulterior action.
- 我想要知道下一步的行动是什么.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
期刊摘选
- I suspect he may have had ulterior motives for being so generous.
- 我怀疑他如此慷慨大方也许是别有用心.
《简明英汉词典》
- The politician played on the patriotic sentiments of the people from ulterior motives.
- 那个政客别有用心地利用人们的情绪.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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？
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》