The head of the navy heaped scorn on both the methods and motives of the conspirators.

这位海军首领对密谋分子的做法和动机都给予了极大的蔑视。

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But the gang's identity and motives have not been disclosed.

但是官方并未披露匪徒的身份和动机。

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A person who expects nothing but the worst of human conduct and motives.

或某一个人，他除了人类最卑劣的行为和最无耻的动机以外，什么都不指望。

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In his remarks,President Obama acknowledged the hemisphere's engrained suspicions of U.S.actions and motives.

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Whatever you're reading, it's always worth thinking about and considering what the motives might be for such extraordinary literary risk taking.

不管是读什么，想想作者,为什么会不惜冒这么大的险,总是有意义的。

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One of the motives for his selection of this genre, the pastoral genre, is the tradition -and it's a tradition that goes all the way back to Theocritus and Virgil -that associates shepherds with poets.

他选择这个流派的动力之一，就是田园诗是一种传统,是一种可以追溯到忒俄克里托斯和维吉尔时代的传统,它把牧羊人和诗人紧密相连。

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The West's misreading of Tablighi Jamaat actions and motives has serious implications for the war on terrorism.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Tablighi Jamaat: Jihad's stealthy legions

Mr Magee's most famous client, however, was a more complex character whose actions, and motives, remain mysterious.

ECONOMIST: Warren Magee

Each group having different objectives and motives but playing in harmony for each other, for the good of everyone.

FORBES: What's Inside Your Company? From The Outside, a Mystery