ulterior
US
UK ulterior adj: (hidden, unspoken)
SC 秘而不宣的 mì ér bù xuān de
SC 不可告人的 mì ér bù xuān de，bù kě gào rén de
Jim's ulterior plan was to persuade the old lady to give him the money.
ulterior motive n: (secret or underlying aim)
SC 隐匿的动机 yǐn nì de dòng jī
SC 别有用心 yǐn nì de dòng jī，bié yǒu yòng xīn
SC 居心叵测 yǐn nì de dòng jī，jū xīn pǒ cè
I suspected there was an ulterior motive for her unexpected offer of help.
- express
- expresser
- expressible
- expression
- expressionism
- expressionist
- expressionistic
- expressionless
- expressive
- expressively
- expressiveness
- expressly
- expressway
- expropriate
- expropriation
- expropriator
- expulsion
- expunge
- expurgate
- expurgated
- expurgation
- exquisite
- exquisitely
- ex-serviceman
- ex-servicewoman