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slhave ulterior motives; have an axe to grind; be done with ulterior motives; be ill-intentioned
别有用心的误解
distortions of ulterior motives
这一说法显然别有用心。
There is obviously an ulterior motive behind this wording.
别有用心的人
axe-grinder
他对我这么好,一定别有用心。
He must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me.
我怀疑她帮助我们是别有用心的。
I suspected that her motives for helping us were questionable.
有些别有用心的同事阻止老板提拔我。
Designing colleagues stopped the boss from promoting me.