motif

英式音标：[məʊˈti:f]

美式音标：[moʊˈtif]

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概况：

n. 主题；动机；主旨；图形；意念

词义：

n.

（文艺作品等的）主题；（音乐的）乐旨，动机；基本图案；

变形

复数：motifs

英英释义

motif[ məu'ti:f, mɔ- ]

n.

a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors

a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

同义词：motive

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work

同义词：theme

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

This simple motif runs throughout the entire score.
整个乐章自始至终都贯穿着这样一个简单的主题。

Love is an eternal motif in art and literature.
爱情是文学艺术中的永恒主题。

The motif of the picture is about peace.
这幅画的主题是和平。

This motif is concealed for a month or two.
他这个念头在头两个月还潜而不露。

The jacket has a rose motif on the collar.
这件夹克衫领子上有一朵玫瑰花的图案。

权威例句

MEME SUITE: tools for motif discovery and searching

The CARD domain: a new apoptotic signalling motif.

A signature motif in transcriptional co-activators mediates binding to nuclear receptors.

A new regulatory motif in cell-cycle control causing specific inhibition of cyclin D/CDK4.

A new class of membrane-bound chemokine with a CX3C motif

doi:10.1093/nar/gkp335 MEME SUITE: tools for motif discovery and searching

An apoptosis-inhibiting baculovirus gene with a zinc finger-like motif.

A new DNA binding and dimerization motif in immunoglobulin enhancer binding, daughterless, MyoD , and myc proteins

A Novel Protein That Interacts with the Death Domain of Fas/APO1 Contains a Sequence Motif Related to the Death Domain

A gene from the human sex-determining region encodes a protein with homology to a conserved DNA-binding motif

同义词：topic,theme,substance,subject,patterning,incentive

同根词：motivity,motiveless,motive,motivator,motivational,motivation,motivated,motivate,motionless,motional,motion,motif

英语词源：

motif (n.)

"theme, predominant feature," 1848, from French motif "dominant idea, theme" (see motive).

造句：

1. a flower motif in wallpaper

壁纸的一种花朵图案

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. If I were to write this novel the main theme, or motif, would be buried, at first, and only slowly take over.

如果我写这么一篇小说，就会在开头把主题隐藏起来，然后慢慢地展开。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. a scarf with a heart motif;

印有心形图案的围巾；

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

4. Love is an eternal motif in art and literature.

爱情是文学艺术中的永恒主题。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

5. tactical motif

战术动机

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

6. This paper mainly introduces the basic concept and calculatingmethods of MOTIF parameters. In addition, it gives some experiment results on precision-machined specimens.

对motif参数的基本概念、义及算法作了介绍，并在精密加工试件上进行了实验。

-- 来源 -- www.ilib.cn

7. In fact, the same Tcl script written using Tk will look like a Windows application on a PC, a Macintosh application on a Macintosh and a Motif program on a Unix work-station.

实际上，用Tk写成的Tcl脚本在PC机上看上去像Windows应用程序，在Mac机上像Mac应用程序、在Unix工作站上像motif程序。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

8. This opera contains a love motif.

这出歌剧有个爱情主题。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. This motif is concealed for a month or two.

他这个念头在头两个月还潜而不露。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. color motif

色彩基调

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考