purpose
美 [?p?rp?s] 
英 [?p??(r)p?s]
- n.目的；用途；目標(biāo)；意圖
- v.想；決心(做)
詞形變化
復(fù)數(shù)：purposes 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [c] 意圖；目的；用途；目標(biāo)the intention, aim or function of sth; the thing that sth is supposed to achieve |
| Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money. 我們這次活動的主要目的就是募款。 |
| The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university. 本書旨在全面介紹這所大學(xué)。 |
| A meeting was called for the purpose of appointing a new treasurer. 為任命新財務(wù)主管而召開了一次會議。 |
| The experiments serve no useful purpose(= are not useful) . 這些實驗毫無用處。 |
| The building is used for religious purposes. 這座建筑是用于宗教活動的。 |
2. | [pl] 情勢的需要what is needed in a particular situation |
| These gifts count as income for tax purposes. 這些禮物應(yīng)屬于納稅的收入。 |
| For the purposes of this study, the three groups have been combined. 為了這項研究工作，三個小組業(yè)已合并。 |
3. | [c][u] 重要意義；有價值的意義meaning that is important and valuable to you |
| Volunteer work gives her life (a sense of) purpose . 做志愿工作使她的生活有了意義。 |
4. | [u] 意志；毅力；決心the ability to plan sth and work successfully to achieve it |
| He has enormous confidence and strength of purpose . 他信心十足，意志堅強。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Since they are discussing the business all the time, they do not feel the need to stop and set a weekly meeting for that purpose.
因為他們一直從未間斷地討論業(yè)務(wù)，所以根本沒有要暫停或舉行周例會討論的想法。
[with modifier]a building, especially part of a complex, used for a particular purpose.
（尤指建筑群中作特定用途的）房，樓
I use ING Direct for that purpose - they're my primary bank, but they let you set up multiple savings accounts with just a few clicks.
我使用INGDirect，他們是我最基本的儲蓄所，不過只需鼠標(biāo)點擊幾下，就能建立多種儲蓄存款賬戶。
[The] purpose of [my] talk today really is is to sort of indelibly scar your minds with these charismatic and majestic creatures.
我今天的演講實際上是想要用這些魅力十足而威嚴(yán)的生物在你們的腦海中留下一個永久的印記。
Find ways to inject new life into your relationship via activities that have no purpose other than to say, "You matter. "
做些什么為你們的關(guān)系注入新的活力，不為別的，只為告訴對方“我在乎你。”
Answer: The purpose of the non-IP heartbeat link is often misunderstood.
非IP檢測鏈路的用途常常被誤解。
The main purpose of any report is to provide the information needed for decisions to be made and action taken.
所有的報告的主要目的是提供給信息需求要做的決定和有效的行動。
"Absent a car manufacturing business, the dealerships would not seem to serve any purpose for the debtor, " Gonzalez said.
“缺席的汽車制造企業(yè)，經(jīng)銷商似乎沒有起任何作用的債務(wù)人，”岡薩雷斯說。
He said the U. N. Charter allowed military action for the purpose of self defense.
他說，聯(lián)合國會認(rèn)可美國國防部的自衛(wèi)軍事行動。
Hence the issue is no longer what forum should be used for negotiations but what their purpose is to be.
因此，問題不再是論壇應(yīng)當(dāng)用于談判，但他們的目的是什么的人。
The master of prose is not cold, but will not let any word or image inflame him with a heat irrelevant to his purpose.
散文大家并不冷漠，但也不會因頭腦發(fā)熱，讓任意與其目的無關(guān)的詞匯或形象擾亂自己。
I'm beginning to see that I have been made for a very special purpose.
我開始明白，造物主為我創(chuàng)設(shè)了一個特定的目標(biāo)。
Every human being who reaches the age of understanding of the purpose of money, wishes for it.
每個人一旦到了明了金錢用途的年紀(jì)，就會開始希望有錢。
Searching for a collision on purpose amounts to a brute-force attack, and is usually fairly difficult.
對沖突的故意搜索意味著蠻力攻擊，這通常很難。
He goes on to claim that the purpose of his alleged abduction was to discredit Iran and its nuclear program.
接著他聲稱，綁架他的目的是為了詆毀伊朗以及其核項目。
Adidas said the purpose of the stores was to increase sales and capture customer data.
Adidas提到，目的是提高商店的銷售，并獲取消費者的數(shù)據(jù)。
If you select this option, you can then choose how much memory to use for this purpose.
如果選擇該選項，則您可以選擇用于此目的的內(nèi)存大小。
if you stick with every principle, you can do nothing. but life goes on. we have to choose. once you decide, stick with your purpose.
如果你堅持每一個原則，你什么也做不了，但生活還在繼續(xù)。我們必須選擇，一旦你學(xué)則，堅持你的目標(biāo)吧。
This money can be used to help purchase a home, fund a child's education, add to retirement income, or for any other purpose.
這些資金可以用來購買房屋，投資孩子的教育，增加到退休收入中或者用于其他用途。
He felt as if he was surrounded by men of a different mind and purpose.
他感到自己似乎被一群不同想法和目的的人包圍著。
The chapters following are dedicated to that purpose.
后述各章旨在對此作出貢獻(xiàn)。
This book has a very specific purpose.
這本書的目的是很明確的。
A thermostatic bath is used for this purpose.
為此目的，使用恒溫浴。
The main purpose of industry is to create wealth.
工業(yè)的主要宗旨是創(chuàng)造財富。
The purpose of his life is fulfilled.
他生命的目的達(dá)到了。
Neither is it necessary, for the purpose in hand, that exceptions should not exist.
就我們當(dāng)前的目的而言，也沒有必要排斥例外的存在。
A lot of people say that they live for no purpose.
許多人說他們的生活缺乏目標(biāo)。
Our purpose here is simply to learn the use of these versatile components.
我們現(xiàn)在的目的只是學(xué)會使用這些多用途的元件。
The purpose of his visit, as he emphasized, was to discuss how Italy could take the field against Germany.
正如他所強調(diào)的，他的來訪目的，本是討論意大利怎樣才能興師反抗德國。
You know I don't go away from home often, and I came up here on purpose to tell you this.
你知道我不常離開家，這次來，就是要向你說明這一點。
I can spare two hundred a year for a grand purpose like this.
為了這樣一個偉大的目標(biāo)，我可以一年捐助兩百鎊。
A stake used for this purpose was the earliest type of sundial and was called a gnomon.
這種特定的標(biāo)桿就是最早的一種日晷儀，人們稱之為日晷儀標(biāo)桿。
He gave no advance indication-not even to me-as to the purpose of this extraordinary gathering.
對這次非常會議的目的，他事先未作任何透露--甚至對我也未透露。
Senator Keating was peddling someone's rumors for some purpose of his own, despite the highly dangerous international situation.
參議員基廷不顧十分危險的國際局勢，為著他個人的某種目的而在散布某人的謠言。
The purpose of map interpretation is to determine the temporal and spatial relationships among the different rocks.
對地圖判讀目的在于確定不同巖石的時間空間關(guān)系。
I was deliberately trying to annoy him. ; I got him angry on purpose.
我故意氣他一下。
Its purpose was to provide potential customers with a source of unbiased information as to the features and specification available.
其目的是向潛在客戶提供關(guān)于儀器特性和規(guī)格的公正的情報。
The main purpose is to escape from traditional musical sonorities into a new world of tonal experience.
主要的目的是要逃脫傳統(tǒng)的音樂聲響，進(jìn)入一個嶄新的音調(diào)實踐的世界。
Steady to his purpose, he scarcely spoke ten words to her through the whole of Saturday.
他這樣拿定了主意，于是星期六一整天簡直沒有跟他說上十句話。
Othello entered the chamber, full of the black purpose which he had meditated of putting his lady to death.
這時奧瑟羅懷著要把他的夫人害死的兇惡念頭走進(jìn)屋里來了。
He was too good a journalist to be unaware that the "human interest" would enable him more easily to effect his purpose.
他是一個善于寫文章的老手，他不會不知道，只有引起讀者“興味”的文章才更容易達(dá)到目的。
Primary purpose is to correlate regularities: for a limited range of experimental date.
主要目的是對有限范圍內(nèi)的實驗數(shù)據(jù)總結(jié)出規(guī)律來。
It was a night out of ten thousand for my purpose.
對于實現(xiàn)我的計劃來說，這一夜真是千載難逢。
The major purpose of keeping these records is to inform governmental authorities of the international position of the country.
保持這些記錄的主要目的，是向政府當(dāng)局匯報該國的國際地位。
The purpose of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security.
聯(lián)合國的宗旨是維護(hù)國際和平與安全。
Day and night he must have one single thought, one single purpose: merciless destruction.
無論白天黑夜他必須只有一個思想，一個目的；無情的破壞。
The purpose of IP logging is to determine the depth and geometry of the polarizable bodies.
IP測井的目的在于確定極壓體的深度和形狀。
Its purpose is to provide a current supplement to other existing reports and reviews.
其目的是對其他已有的報告和綜述提供新的補充。
They also had a heart large enough to think about others, to dedicate themselves to a higher purpose.
他們也有心系他人的慈心，為了更高的目標(biāo)勇于獻(xiàn)身。
If you joke with him he'll think you are insulting him on purpose.
如果你同他開玩笑，他會認(rèn)為你有意侮辱他。
Massacre seems to be the only life purpose.
殺戮，似乎成為眾人生活的唯一目標(biāo)。
I came here on purpose to see you . 2. The doctor gave him a general anaesthetic. 3. Eating more vegetable is good for your health . 4.
我是專程來看你的.2。醫(yī)生給他做全身麻醉。3。多吃蔬菜對你的健康有好處。
My life purpose is all about looking for a place where I belong.
我的人生目標(biāo)就是為了找尋讓我有歸宿感的地方。
Peter is so infirm of purpose that it is useless to ask him for advice.
彼得這人優(yōu)柔寡斷，向他征求意見是徒勞無用的。
Shaw did not know the purpose of the footage and believed it to be publicity, not for the film.
肖并不知道拍這個片段的用意，還以為這只是用于宣傳，而非加入到影片中。
'Come thou with me, ' said the Hare, 'and I will lead thee to it, for I know where it is hidden, and for what purpose. '
“跟我來吧，”小野兔說，“我帶你去，我知道它藏在哪兒，也知道它的用途哦?！?/jz>
These outer manifestations are necessary to enable him to focus on his true purpose which is always a divine one.
這些外在顯現(xiàn)是必要的，能夠令他聚焦于他那始終神圣的真正目標(biāo)。
But he did not take his eye off the purpose of the factories: to make a profit.
但是他并沒有忽視企業(yè)的宗旨：那就是賺取利潤。
He was a man of purpose, a fine talker, who underlined his smiles and accentuated his gestures.
這是個裝腔作勢的人，能言會道，突出他的笑容，重視他的手勢。
It's not that it gives me a warm glow, but it does give me a certain peace with myself, and a sense of purpose.
這并不在于它給我帶來了一種溫暖的熱情，而是確實讓我自己獲得了某種平靜，并有了明確的目標(biāo)。
Our Lord said, in effect, to Paul - Your whole life is to be over mastered by Me; you are to have no end, no aim, and no purpose but Mine.
“主實際上是對保羅說，”你的整個生命由我作主，在我之外，你將沒有任何別的目標(biāo)和意義。
Circumstances provided should be very clear and easy to be proved for purpose of future lawsuit.
考慮將來的仲裁或訴訟，規(guī)定的情形應(yīng)當(dāng)明確且易于證明。
The requested information is for the purpose of order processing, order fulfilment and communication with you on your order status.
此信息僅作為處理訂單，發(fā)貨和隨時與您保持聯(lián)絡(luò)通報有關(guān)訂單處理進(jìn)展情況。
Focus on your purpose - Even when the Apostle Paul was isolated in a prison, he never stopped living out his purpose.
專注在你的目標(biāo)上-使徒保羅一個人被關(guān)在監(jiān)牢里，仍沒停止為他的目標(biāo)而努力。
But I began looking at design in a place like Amsterdam and recognized, you know, the first job of design is to serve a social purpose.
但是我開始觀察像阿姆斯特丹這樣地方的設(shè)計結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)，嗯，設(shè)計的首要目的是為社會服務(wù)。
No one was certain whether he postponed the visit on purpose, but this brought more criticism of him.
誰都不知道他是否故意推遲了這次訪問，可是這引起了對他更多的批評。
Do not, for one failure, give up the purpose that you decided to effect.
不要只因一次失敗，就放棄你原來決心想要達(dá)到的目的。
You were really trying to prove you're a country boy. Were you using that phrase on purpose?
你的確在想證明你是個鄉(xiāng)下小子。你真是故意這么發(fā)音的嗎
