motive
gb/mˈoʊtɪv/ us/mˈoʊtɪv/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 3000
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B1
entity
1
Reason for an action
The reason why someone does something.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone]'s motive for [doing something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'motive' with 'motivation'. 'Motive' is the specific reason for an action, while 'motivation' can mean general desire or willingness.
คำพ้องความหมาย
reason (More general term for why something is done; less often implies secrecy or suspicion.)
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purpose (More formal or abstract term, often without negative connotation.)
คำตรงข้าม
disinterest (Lack of personal reason or stake in doing something.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
hidden motive
|political motive
|financial motive
|question someone's motive
|have a motive
หัวข้อ
emotions
|crime
|psychology
|core_vocabulary
|communication
ตัวอย่าง
- The police are still trying to determine the killer's motive.
- Her motive for volunteering was to gain experience.
- He had no financial motive for the crime.
- Some questioned the company's motive for donating money.
- The detective searched for a possible motive behind the attack.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The police do not know the motive.
- I think his motive is to help people.
- She told me her motive for moving to the city.
- They want to find the motive for the crime.
คำนาม
technical
B2
entity
2
Recurring theme in art/music
A short part of music or art that repeats and is important.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'motive' with 'motif', which is the more common spelling for this artistic sense.
คำพ้องความหมาย
theme (Broader term; may refer to longer or more complex ideas in art or music.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
musical motive
|recurring motive
|central motive
หัวข้อ
music
|art
|arts_entertainment
|education
ตัวอย่าง
- The composer used a simple four-note motive throughout the symphony.
- A recurring floral motive appears in her paintings.
- The novel's central motive is the search for identity.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The song has a short motive that repeats.
- There is a flower motive in the design.
- This story has a love motive that comes again and again.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
motive
IPA
GB/mˈoʊtɪv/
US/mˈoʊtɪv/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
motive (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (motive)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: motive
- Plural: motives
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
motives
noun
Core family
Related words
motivator
noun
motivating
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unmotivated
adjective
demotivate
verb
demotivating
adjective
Advanced or less common
motiveless
adjective
วลีและสำนวน
motive power
1/mˈoʊtɪv pˈaʊɚ/
fixed phrase
technical
Power that moves machinery
Energy or force that makes a machine or vehicle move.
ตัวอย่าง
- Steam engines provided the motive power for early trains.
- Electricity is now the main source of motive power in factories.