the profit motive (= the desire to make a profit)

All the evidence collected so far points to robbery as the motive of the crime.

到目前为止所搜集的全部证据说明,这一犯罪行为的动机是抢劫.

motive power/force (= for example, electricity, to operate machinery)

原动力

This text continues to demonstrate the motive force of ship maximization of containerized transport-- Scale effect.

本文接着就集装箱运输船舶大型化动力 ― ― 规模效应,进行了进一步的论证.

The police could not find a motive for the murder.

警察不能找到谋杀的动机.

I have an ulterior motive in offering to help you.

我主动提出要帮助你是有私心的。

The violence was clearly prompted by political motives.

这次暴力事件显然是由政治动机引发的。

Decoration was the most common motive for tattooing and that still holds true today.

装修是最常见的动机是为纹身,并仍维持至今.

Her mother, she admitted, had another motive.

她承认, 她母亲怀有另一个目的.

Only the few men around the president understood his motive.

只有总统身边的几个人了解他的动机.

...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy...

英国外交政策的动机和目标

The crime seemed to have been committed without motive.

这一罪案似乎并无作案动机.

an apparently motiveless murder/attack

表面上没有动机的谋杀 / 袭击

Water provided the motive power for the mill.

水为磨坊提供了动力。

What do you suppose the killer's motive was?

你认为凶手的动机是什么？

R & D is the motive force source of existence and development of high and new technology enterprise.

是高新技术企业生存和发展的动力源泉,财务是R & D的基础和保障.

Welcome to the English bar! Your arrival will become our motive force!

欢迎来到英文酒吧! 您的到来将成为我们的动力!

The people and only the people the motive force the making of world history.

人民,只有人民才是改变世界历史的动力.

Need is human nature and the motive force of historical development.

需要是人的本性,是历史发展的原发驱动力.

Your concern is biggest motive force that I progress!

你的关怀是我进步的最大原动力!

The business efficiency of the enterprise is low, business development lacks the source motive force.

企业经营效率低下, 业务发展缺乏源动力.