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.
  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。
• N-COUNT 目标；目的
  Yourpurposeis 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 意志；毅力；决心
  Purposeis 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。
• 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.
  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。
• PHRASE 特意地；故意地；有意地
  If you do somethingon 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？

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。