ulterior motive

基本解釋

Given the discrepancy between what was expected and what has happened, a search for ulterior motives on the part of WHO and its scientific advisers is understandable, though without justification.
由于預(yù)期與現(xiàn)狀之間的差異，有人認(rèn)為世衛(wèi)組織及其科學(xué)顧問別有用心。這樣的看法雖可理解，但并無根據(jù)。
Extradition from Britain to Sweden is normally a formality, though Mr Assange’s lawyers argue that “ulterior motives” are at work.
由英國引渡到瑞典走的是正常程序，而阿桑奇的律師聲稱其中藏有“不可告人之動機”。
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A Foreign Ministry spokesman, Liu Jianchao, said there were “ulterior motives” behind efforts to link Sudan with the Games.
外交部發(fā)言人之一劉建超說，在將蘇丹和奧運聯(lián)系在一起的行為背后存在著叵測的動機。

Still, capitalists will be capitalists and it comes as no surprise that some billionaires have ulterior motives for going green.
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So liberalisers may have ulterior motives in mind, calculating that external liberalisation will force the pace of domestic financial reform.
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