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
- Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.
他把聪明都用在了犯罪上，太可惜了。 - 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。 - These sections include examples derived from real-life artifacts that have been simplified for clarity purposes.
这些部分包含了来源于现实的工件，为了目的清楚而简化了的实例。 - 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。 - She had given all her estate to charitable purposes, reserving only twelve pounds a year to live on.
她拿出全部家产，用作慈善事业，一年只留12镑，以此为生。 - Multiple parsers can be used with different grammars and purposes in a single program.
可以在一个程序中用具有不同文法和用途的多个解析器。 - I asked him if he would have my jewellery valued for insurance purposes
我问他能否给我的珠宝进行保险估价。 - 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。 - Photography with cine cameras is of value only for demonstration and entertainment purposes.
用电影摄影机摄影只有演示和娱乐的价值。