profit motive

基本解釋

Is it a coincidence that 'tough on crime' follows an increasing profit motive?
難道“對犯罪嚴(yán)厲”與日益增長的利潤動機(jī)僅僅是巧合嗎？
Our task is to take advantage of this historic moment to remove the profit motive in newsgathering.
我們要做的就是抓住這一歷史時刻，去除掉新聞采集中的利潤動機(jī)。
The real risk may not be that the profit motive will wreck the public services, but that compromises will neuter the reforms.
真正的風(fēng)險也許不是利益的動機(jī)會破壞公共服務(wù)，而是妥會協(xié)削弱改革成效。

Now Mr. Milton took some risks when he separated himself from his cash and lent money to his clients, or lent more money to his clients than the collateral, the gold, was actually worth. And the motive for that risk, of course, the motive for that investment, was the expectation of a profit.
但是彌爾頓先生卻冒著把自己和他的現(xiàn)金,也丟了的風(fēng)險，或者借出去的錢比擔(dān)保財(cái)產(chǎn)還要多，他這么投資的動機(jī)是，希望獲得收益。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

The profit motive—however ugly, sleazy or vulgar—unleashed the caged talents of millions of entrepreneurs.
ECONOMIST: The world after 1989
The poor would be puzzled to hear that the profit motive is in retreat.
ECONOMIST: But it also needs to have a price
Visionary companies that care about more than the profit motive are built to deliver on this need.
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