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

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  1. N-COUNT 意义；用途
    The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. ...the use of nuclear energy for military purposes...
      核能在军事上的运用
    4. 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。
    5. 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。
  2. N-COUNT 目标；目的
    Your purpose is the thing that you want to achieve.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  3. N-UNCOUNT 意志；毅力；决心
    Purpose is the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it.
    1. The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose.
      教师们很热情并且很有决心。
  4. See also: cross-purposes
  5. 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.
    1. For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist...
      实际上协议已经不复存在。
    2. To all intents and purposes the case was closed.
      实际上该案已经了结了。
  6. PHRASE 特意地；故意地；有意地
    If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally.
    1. Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?
      是意外还是戴维故意所为？
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双语例句

  1. Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.
    他把聪明都用在了犯罪上，太可惜了。
  2. They make common cause for a few purposes, but for the most part, they pursue their own interests.
    他们因为几个目的而联手，可是多数情况下，他们追逐着各自的利益。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. In totalitarian societies, art exists for didactic purposes.
    在极权社会里，艺术只为教化的目的而存在。
  6. Henry was not slow to dissemble when it served his purposes.
    在需要时，亨利会毫不迟疑地伪装自己。
  7. To all intents and purposes he was my father.
    他几乎可以称得上是我的父亲。
  8. He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes
    他坚称这笔捐款将用于国际用途。
  9. They emphasised that their equipment was for peaceful and not military purposes.
    他们强调他们的设备用于和平而非战争目的。
  10. 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。
  11. For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist
    实际上协议已经不复存在。
  12. To all intents and purposes the case was closed.
    实际上该案已经了结了。
  13. Ford vowed that he would sooner burn his factory to the ground than build a single vehicle for war purposes
    福特郑重声明他宁可把自己的工厂付之一炬，也不愿意生产一辆用于战争的车辆。
  14. 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。
  15. The land was not zoned for commercial purposes
    这块地未划作商业用地。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. They have found areas suitable for seed orchard purposes.
    他们找到了适于营建种子园的地区。
  19. 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。
  20. This directly relates to the two purposes of RMC described in the previous section.
    这直接与上一部分中描述的RMC的两个目的相关。
  21. But in some cases these elements have different definitions and purposes.
    但在某些情况下，这些元素拥有不同的定义和用途。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. This is in place as a convenience and for demonstration purposes only.
    它之所以存在是考虑到方便性和展示的目的。
  26. This article defines specific functional roles to make responsibilities clear – and intents and purposes, too.
    本文定义了特定的功能性角色，以更清晰的分配责任、意图和目的。
  27. 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。
  28. I chose mov for demonstration purposes.
    为了演示的目的，我选择了mov。
  29. Notes in the change request diary may be important for audit or compliance purposes.
    对于审计和遵从性目的，更改请求日志中的注释也许比较重要。
  30. 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。
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