ul·te·ri·or
adjective/ʌlˈtɪəriə(r)/
/ʌlˈtɪriər/
[only before noun]- (of a reason for doing something) that somebody keeps hidden and does not admit
隐秘的；不可告人的；秘密的；矢口否认的 - She must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me—what does she really want?
她对我这么好，一定别有用心。她到底想干什么呢？
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUlterior is used with these nouns:- motive
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘further, more distant’. - She must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me—what does she really want?