purposes
英 [ˈpɜːpəsɪz]
美 [ˈpɜːrpəsɪz]
n. 意图; 目的; 用途; 目标; 情势的需要; 重要意义; 有价值的意义
purpose的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 意义；用途
Thepurposeof something is the reason for which it is made or done.- 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。 - 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。 - ...the use of nuclear energy for military purposes...
核能在军事上的运用 - He was asked about casualties, but said it would serve no purpose to count bodies...
有人问他伤亡情况，但他说清点尸体是没有意义的。 - Most of them are destroyed because they've served their purpose.
它们中大多数在完成使命后被销毁。
- The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies...
- N-COUNT 目标；目的
Yourpurposeis the thing that you want to achieve.- 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。 - 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。
- They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose...
- N-UNCOUNT 意志；毅力；决心
Purposeis the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it.- The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose.
教师们很热情并且很有决心。
- The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose.
- See also:cross-purposes
- PHRASE 实际上
You usefor all practical purposesorto all intents and purposesto suggest that a situation is not exactly as you describe it, but the effect is the same as if it were.- For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist...
实际上协议已经不复存在。 - To all intents and purposes the case was closed.
实际上该案已经了结了。
- For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist...
- PHRASE 特意地；故意地；有意地
If you do somethingon purpose, you do it intentionally.- Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?
是意外还是戴维故意所为？
- Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?
双语例句
- Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.
戴利主教已经说过，教堂不应该用于非宗教或世俗的目的。 - The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close.
那些窗帘纯粹是作装饰用的，不能拉开或合上。 - Feathers of various kinds are used by Native Americans for ceremonial purposes.
美洲印第安人在举行仪式时用到各种羽毛。 - For purposes of my testing, I developed two collections of messages: spam and legitimate.
为了测试，我开发了两组消息集：垃圾邮件和合法邮件。 - They have found areas suitable for seed orchard purposes.
他们找到了适于营建种子园的地区。 - LFS-based Linux systems have been demonstrated for educational purposes and for large networks.
已经针对教学目的和大型网络，演示了基于LFS的Linux系统。 - Keep in mind that we are using the default package and folders in our example for illustration purposes.
请记住出于演示的目的，在我们的示例中，我们使用的是缺省包和文件夹。 - For cartographical purposes heights are necessarily recorded above the geoid ( sea-level).
就制图的目的来说，所以需记录的高程是高出大地水准面（海平面）的高程。 - The land was not zoned for commercial purposes
这块地未划作商业用地。 - To all intents and purposes he was my father.
他几乎可以称得上是我的父亲。