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ulterior

英[ʌl'tɪəriə(r)] 美[ʌl'tɪriər]
  • adj. 隐秘的;别有用心的;将来的;进一步的;遥远的
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详细释义

Adjective:
  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"

  2. beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote;

    "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"
    "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"

  3. coming at a subsequent time or stage;

    "without ulterior argument"
    "the mood posterior to"

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》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.
      这撬棒准是用于不可告人的目的的。
    2. There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.
      他的建议里没有不可告人的动机。
    3. I want to know what is our ulterior action.
      我想要知道下一步的行动是什么。

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