网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 example_english_sinister-motive
释义

sinister motive

collocation in English

meanings of sinisterand motive


These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with motive.
sinister
adjective
uk /ˈsɪn.ɪ.stər/ us /ˈsɪn.ə.stɚ/
making you feel that something bad or evil ...
See more at sinister
motive
noun[C]
uk /ˈməʊ.tɪv/ us /ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
a reason for ...
See more at motive


Examples of sinister motive


These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
There is no sinistermotive or hidden agenda.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I have explained that on those two biggest items of increase there is no sinistermotive at all.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I wondered whether there was any sinistermotive behind the proposal.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I see no sinistermotive in that company structure.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I hope no one will think there is any sinistermotive in my coming here to-day in uniform.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I cannot for my own part conceive how any sinistermotive could possibly be imagined for withholding the letter from the correspondence.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
My point is that an exceptional position is claimed for these freemen for some sinistermotive.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Since then, he has been reflecting about it, and has tried to find some ulterior and almost sinistermotive behind the figure selected by me.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
But there is an even more sinistermotive.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It really seems on rather the same principle that a sinistermotive is attributed to these words.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There have been many attempts made to discover some sinistermotive underlying this proposal.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
That is why the paper has been delayed—there is no sinistermotive.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Is there not some sinistermotive behind their appeal?
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I miss out one part, not for any sinistermotive but because of lack of time.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not believe that those words have been included from any sinistermotive.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
We still feel that there must be some sinistermotive behind this.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Have those been taken into account, or is there some more sinistermotive behind all this?
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I was not attributing any sinistermotive to the unit.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition of sinister
Go to the definition of motive
See other collocations with motive
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/22 22:35:09