Before you ever pay off a blackmailer, you should examine her incentives to disclose the embarrassing information. 在你付钱给勒索者之前,你要调查她揭露这些令人为难的信息的动机。
In that play we are uncertain about the motivation and personality of the characters simply because the author withholds the necessary information. 在那部剧作中我们无法确定人物的动机和性格,因为作者没有透露必要的信息。