the profit motive

基本解释

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。
Now he claims that if they indeed did acquire substantial amounts of sub-prime exposure (and he says they did not), it was because of the profit motive and not to fulfill a social objective.
现在他宣称如果他们确实要求相当数量的次贷要求（事实上他们并没有），这是因为利润的刺激而不是为了完成社会的目标。
He insists that he has enough not-for-profit providers: “We don’t need the profit motive, ” Mr Gove says flatly.
他坚称，已有足够多的非盈利提供商。他坚决地说，我们不需要利益的动机。

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。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The profit motive—however ugly, sleazy or vulgar—unleashed the caged talents of millions of entrepreneurs.
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The poor would be puzzled to hear that the profit motive is in retreat.
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Visionary companies that care about more than the profit motive are built to deliver on this need.
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利益动机
This part the "Super Girls" of the parties involved (Hunan Satellite TV, a large number of Super Girls, the majority of Super Girls fans and the mass media) and the profit motive.
这部分内容分析了“超级女声”的参与各方(湖南卫视、众多超女、广大超女迷以及大众媒体)及他们的利益动机。