参考词典中ulterior的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 在那边的,将来的,隐蔽的
词形变化
- 副 词:ul·te'ri·or·ly
参考例句
- He has an ulterior motive for wanting to see her.
他想见她是别有用心的。 - There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.
他的建议里没有不可告人的动机。 - They have no ulterior motive.
他们并非别有用心。
- He has an ulterior motive for wanting to see her.
英英解释
3个形容词解释
- lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
[同] subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior
[例]- subterranean motives for murder
- looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge
- beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
[例]- a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion
- without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior
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- coming at a subsequent time or stage
[同] future, later, ulterior
[例]- the future president entered college at the age of 16
- awaiting future actions on the bill
- later developments
- without ulterior argument
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