ulterior
英 [ʌl'tɪərɪə]
美[ʌl'tɪrɪɚ]
- adj. 将来的，较远的；在那边的；隐秘不明的
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"
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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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？
来自《权威词典》
- 3. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. I want to know what is our ulterior action.
- 我想要知道下一步的行动是什么.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》