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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond,
   on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed
   with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond,
   L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that,
   OL. olle, ollus. Cf. {Outrage}.]
   1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; --
      correlative with hither.

   2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior
      demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior
      measures will be adopted is uncertain.

   {Ulterior object} or {aim}, an object or aim beyond that
      which is avowed.