Was heißt »Be­weg­grund« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Tom kann Marys Beweggründe nicht verstehen.

Tom can't understand Mary's motives.

Handle so, dass der Beweggrund deines Willens jederzeit zugleich als Grundsatz einer allgemeinen Gesetzgebung gelten könnte.

Always act in such a way that you can also will that the maxim of your action should become a universal law.

Always act in such a way that you would be willing for it to become a general law that everyone else should do the same in the same situation.

Was sind ihre Beweggründe?

What are their motives?

What are her motives?

Manchmal fällt es Tom schwer, die Beweggründe und Wünsche anderer zu verstehen.

Tom sometimes has trouble understanding other people's motives and desires.

Die Beweggründe, die Tom angab, waren keine besonders guten.

The reasons Tom gave for doing that weren't very good.

Tom teilte Maria seine Beweggründe mit.

Tom informed Mary why he wanted to do that.

Toms Beweggründe spielen für mich keine Rolle. Ich bin einfach froh, dass er’s getan hat.

I don't care why Tom did it. I'm just glad he did.

I don't care why Tom did it. I'm just glad he did it.

Ich verstehe deine Beweggründe.

I understand why you did that.

Das war nicht Toms einziger Beweggrund.

That isn't the only reason why Tom wanted to do that.

Tom glaubt, Marias Beweggründe zu kennen.

Tom says that he knows why Mary did that.

Sie hat mir ihre Beweggründe nie genannt.

She never told me why she did that.

Synonyme

An­lass:

reason

An­re­gung:

excitation

stimulation

suggestion

An­reiz:

incentive

An­sporn:

incentive

inducement

An­stoß:

kick-off

An­trieb:

drive

impetus

Aus­lö­ser:

actuator

detonator

release

shutter button

shutter-release button

trigger

Grund:

reason

Hin­ter­grund:

background

Im­puls:

impulse

Leit­ge­dan­ke:

central idea

Quel­le:

spring

Ur­sa­che:

cause

reason

Englische Beispielsätze

• But you know, he had an ulterior motive.

• Whatever the motive of these extraordinary crimes, robbery is certainly not one of them.

• What was your motive?

• What's his motive for committing murder?

• What was his motive for setting the house on fire?

• Jealousy was the motive for the murder.

• The motive for the murder is not yet known.

• Now we are better able to understand their motive.

• Nobody seemed to have a motive for the murder.

• Your motive was admirable, but your action was not.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Grund:

reason