profit motive

基本解释

Is it a coincidence that 'tough on crime' follows an increasing profit motive?
难道“对犯罪严厉”与日益增长的利润动机仅仅是巧合吗？
Our task is to take advantage of this historic moment to remove the profit motive in newsgathering.
我们要做的就是抓住这一历史时刻，去除掉新闻采集中的利润动机。
The real risk may not be that the profit motive will wreck the public services, but that compromises will neuter the reforms.
真正的风险也许不是利益的动机会破坏公共服务，而是妥会协削弱改革成效。

Now Mr. Milton took some risks when he separated himself from his cash and lent money to his clients, or lent more money to his clients than the collateral, the gold, was actually worth. And the motive for that risk, of course, the motive for that investment, was the expectation of a profit.
但是弥尔顿先生却冒着把自己和他的现金,也丢了的风险，或者借出去的钱比担保财产还要多，他这么投资的动机是，希望获得收益。
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The profit motive—however ugly, sleazy or vulgar—unleashed the caged talents of millions of entrepreneurs.
ECONOMIST: The world after 1989
The poor would be puzzled to hear that the profit motive is in retreat.
ECONOMIST: But it also needs to have a price
Visionary companies that care about more than the profit motive are built to deliver on this need.
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