ulterior

英 [ʌlˈtɪəriə(r)]

美 [ʌlˈtɪriər]

adj.  隐秘的; 不可告人的; 秘密的; 矢口否认的

GREIELTSTEM8法律

BNC.21706 / COCA.22083

牛津词典

adj.

• 隐秘的；不可告人的；秘密的；矢口否认的
  that sb keeps hidden and does not admit
  1. 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？

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （动机等）隐蔽的，隐秘的，隐藏的
  If you say that someone has anulteriormotive for doing something, you believe that they have a hidden reason for doing it.
  1. Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan...
     希拉想帮助斯坦是另有所图的。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• They have no ulterior motive.
  他们并非别有用心。
• This study was done by the National Institutes of Health, not by 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。
• Their theories are incriminated, their aim suspected, their ulterior motive is feared, their conscience denounced.
  人们指责他们的理论，怀疑他们的目的，担心他们别有用心，并谴责他们的意识。
• If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
  你如果行善事，人们会说你必定是别有用心。
• I assure you there was no ulterior motive in my suggestion.
  我向你保证我的建议没有不可告人的动机。
• Their groundless accusation is made with ulterior motives.
  他们的无端攻击是别有用心的。
• The country has no ulterior designs against any of its neighbours.
  这个国家对其邻国绝无不可告人的企图。
• A cynic reckons that people generally have an ulterior motive for what they do.
  他们认为通常情况下，人们做事都是别有用心的。
• There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.
  他的建议里没有不可告人的动机。
• Fascists have had such an argument, they are people with ulterior motives.
  法西斯分子有过这种论调，他们是别有用心的。