motive; motivation

dòng jī

d+òng·4th tonej+ī·1st tone

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Please turn off your engine.

请把发动机关掉。

Tom got in the car and started the engine.

汤姆上了车，启动了发动机。

The engine died.

发动机坏掉了。

The idea of perpetual motion is an absurd hypothesis.

永动机这个概念是个荒唐的假说。

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