音标:[ʌl'tiәriә] ;
a. 隐秘不明的, 在特定界限以外的, 将来的, 隐蔽的
[法] 进一步的, 日后的, 将来的
s. beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote

考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

ulterior的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.这撬棒准是用于不可告人的目的的。
  2. There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.他的建议里没有不可告人的动机。
  3. I want to know what is our ulterior action.我想要知道下一步的行动是什么。

经典引文

  • The request was only preparatory to ulterior measures.

    出自:J. A. Froude
【近义词】

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