I wonder what her motive was in breaking the windows?

书上原句。

我觉得应该用for, for breaking the windows.

请教老师剖析!


原句没错。a motive for sth, a motive in doing sth.

《韦氏高阶》例句:Theirmotivein running away was to avoid being punished.

No one knows the main/real/underlyingmotive forhis behavior.