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

• The weasel goes to pay his respects to the hen--not with the best of intentions.; A weasel giving new year's greetings to a hen has ulterior motives.
  黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
• The bourgeois politician played on the patriotic sentiments of the people from ulterior motives.
  那个资产阶级政客别有用心地利用人们的爱国情绪。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.
  他的建议里没有不可告人的动机。
• 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。
• 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。
• I select them solely for their convenience in helping me to my ulterior purpose.
  我所以选择它们，只是为了便于帮助我达到以后的目的。
• But I had an ulterior motive.
  但我还有一个私底下的目的。
• Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan
  希拉想帮助斯坦是另有所图的。