a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music楽曲において繰り返されまたは綿密に表現されるシーン動機
a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration繰り返されている形または色から成るデザインまたは形、建築または装飾のようにモティーフ
impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"行動への駆り立てるさま行動にかりたてる
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"有機体が望む目的に向かって行動を起こすように仕向ける心理学的特性動機