engelska-eesti översättning av motive

motiivSel puudub mis tahes varjatud poliitiline motiiv. It is stripped of any ulterior political motive. Kui me tahame jõuda tõhusa lähenemiseni, peame kõiki neid motiive uurima. We must examine all these motives if we wish to achieve an effective approach. See tähendab seda, et tegelikkuses ei ole ma veendunud, et nende muudatusettepanekute esitamise motiiv on see, mida muudatusettepanek tegelikult ütleb. It is because, truly, I am not convinced that the motives for putting down these amendments are in what the amendment actually says.

An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
A motif.
To prompt or incite by a '''motive''or motives; to move
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
Relating to motion and/or to its cause

What would his motive be for burning down the cottage?
No-one could understand why she had hidden the shovel; her motives were obscure at best
If you listen carefully, you can hear the flutes mimicking the cello motive
a motive argument
motive power

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