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Purpose N Count 例:The Achieve Phrase Practical Intents 英[ˈpɜ:Pəs

单词 purpose
音标
英[ˈpɜ:pəs] 美[ˈpɜrpəs]
解释
n.意志;目的;作用;(进行中的)行动;vt.有意;打算;企图(做);决意(做);
例句

N-COUNT
意义;用途
The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done.
例:The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies...那次活动是为筹集资金购买医药物资。
例:Various insurance schemes already exist for this purpose.已经有各种保险计划可以实现这一目的。

N-COUNT
目标;目的
Your purpose is the thing that you want to achieve.
例:They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose...为达成自己的目的,他们说不定已经做好了伤害你的准备。
例:His purpose was to make a profit by improving the company's performance.他的目标是通过提高公司的业绩来实现盈利。

N-UNCOUNT
意志;毅力;决心
Purpose is the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it.
例:The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose.教师们很热情并且很有决心。

PHRASE
实际上
You use for all practical purposes or to all intents and purposes to suggest that a situation is not exactly as you describe it, but the effect is the same as if it were.
例:For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist...实际上协议已经不复存在。
例:To all intents and purposes the case was closed.实际上该案已经了结了。

PHRASE
特意地;故意地;有意地
If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally.
例:Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?是意外还是戴维故意所为?
变形
third:purposes~done:purposed~pl:purposes~ing:purposing~past:purposed~

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