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ulterior

/uhl-teer-ee-er/US // ʌlˈtɪər i ər //UK // (ʌlˈtɪərɪə) //

别有用心的人,别有用心的,别有用心,不可告人的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed: ulterior motives.
    • : coming at a subsequent time or stage; future; further: ulterior action.
    • : lying beyond or outside of some specified or understood boundary; more remote: a suggestion ulterior to the purposes of the present discussion.

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Examples

  • Some of these boosters have ulterior motives for wanting to believe in the hope of ivermectin.

  • This is one significant way to understand which keywords are worth introducing into your SEO proposal and ulterior strategy so as not to get sidetracked by misleading keywords.

  • It’s hard not to feel like there is an ulterior motive for their selection, and people recognize that.

  • Gutierrez tries unsuccessfully to insinuate that Jay was cheating on Stephanie, suggesting ulterior motives.

  • I think a misconception everybody has is that I had an ulterior motive.

  • While Baldwin is an unconvincing gay rights activist, he seems to have an ulterior motive in writing this article.

  • I think I have a complicated presence, where when you watch me you wonder “what are the ulterior motives?”

  • But some of the women on the show might have ulterior motives for taking part in The Bachelor.

  • According to my usual opinion, I believe I could go over that book and leave a masterpiece by blotting and no ulterior art.

  • But the agreements, or the ulterior consequences to which those agreements lead, may be of very different degrees of importance.

  • It is not improbable, indeed, that there were ulterior designs even against Havre.

  • The good on the other hand attracts us by its inherent goodness, not for an ulterior end.

  • There remained for me, then, an ulterior series of observations in order to prevent these unfavourable results.