motives n. 动机;目的;运动(motive的复数)
v. 使有动机;促动(motive的三单形式)
- We cannot guess his motives.
我们不能猜测他的动机。 - I am quite sure that he acted in this matter from disinterested motives .
我十分相信,他在这个问题上这样做是出于无私的动机。 - But whatever their motives, migrant workers must earn before they can remit.
但是无论什么动机,移民工人在汇款之前必须赚到钱。