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.
由於預(yù)期與現(xiàn)狀之間的差異，有人認(rèn)爲(wèi)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，但竝無根據(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(jī)”。
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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，在將囌丹和奧運(yùn)聯(lián)系在一起的行爲(wèi)背後存在著叵測的動機(jī)。

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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