ulterior
ulterior 英 [ʌl'tɪərɪə] 美 [ʌl'tɪrɪɚ]
adj. 将来的，较远的；在那边的；隐秘不明的
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- adj. 将来的，较远的；在那边的；隐秘不明的
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1. When we look around us at the natural world, there is often an ulterior motive.
当我们在大自然世界中环顾四周时，心里往往怀有一个动机。
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2. If someone tells us that we look really nice today, even if they have an ulterior motive…that we’re aware of, we still like them even more.
如果有人告诉我们说我们今天看起来很好，即使他们有可以看出来的隐藏的动机，我们仍然会甚至更喜欢这些人。
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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。
- ulterior (adj.) 1640s, "on the other side of," from Latin ulterior "more distant, more remote, farther, on the farther side," comparative of *ulter "beyond" (from suffixed form of PIE root *al- "beyond"). The sense "not at present in view or consideration" (as in ulterior motives) is attested from 1735.
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