Motive

Definition

motive /'mǝƱtÇv / n ~ (for sth) အေၾကာင္းရင္း။ ေစ့ေဆာ္မႈ။ ရည္ရြယ္ခ်က္။ The police could not establish a motive for the murder. ❍ question/be suspicious of sb's motives ❍ the profit motive (ie the desire to make a profit) ❍ She wondered if he had an ulterior motive in inviting her out. ❍ REASON n adj လႈပ္ရွားေစေသာ။ ေရြ႕လ်ားေစေသာ။ motive power (eg electricity, to operate machinery). ❏ motiveless adj အေၾကာင္းမဲ့။ an apparently motiveless crime.

Examples

1. Her motive was a genuine desire to improve conditions.
2. [motive for] : The motive for the attack is still unknown.
3. [real/underlying/ulterior motive] : People thought he must have a ulterior motive for wanting to help.
4. [question/suspect someone’s motives] : When he visited her at home again
5. she started to question his motives.