n. 目的，意图；目标，计划（purpose 的复数）
v. 有意，打算（purpose 的第三人称单数）
purpose /ˈpɜːpəs/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done. 目的; 用途
The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies.
此次活动的目的是为医疗用品筹款。
...the use of nuclear energy for military purposes.
…军事用途的核能的使用。
可数名词 Your purpose is the thing that you want to achieve. 目标
They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose.
他们很可能有备而来伤害你，以实现其目标。
不可数名词 Purpose is the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it. 意志
The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose.
教师们热情高涨，感到很有奔头。
习语 If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally. 故意地
Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?
这是个意外呢，还是戴维故意干的？
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something
he is a man of purpose
同义词： determination
reach a decision
同义词： resolve
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First, the proposed abolition of "in profit-making purposes" restriction conditions.
一是建议取消“以营利为目的”的限制条件。
...意义架构可区分清楚为三部份: 一、开场(Introduction)要明确指出正题重要性(Significant)、念头配景(Background)及目的(Purposes); 二、主体部门要包孕研究要领(Methodology) 及成果或者发明(Results or findings); 三、总结性的择要(Summary)是末端的重点，至...
用途Purposes 适用于笔记本电脑、手机、PDA等触摸屏的粘贴。LCD液晶显示器部件和背光源部件固定。
目的(Aim): 目标(Purposes): 末期结果(End result): 成功标准(success): 2.
a) 系统功能(Purposes) 每一资讯系统必定有特定的目的 ( )，透过资讯系统的功能，我们 可以获得某些特定的资讯。
目的；意志（purpose的复数形式）
objectives / ends / points / intentions
打算（purpose的第三人称单数形式）；企图
In totalitarian societies, art exists for didactic purposes.
在极权社会中，艺术是为教诲目的存在的。
The charts in this article are for illustrative purposes only.
该文中的图表只用于说明的目的。
The building is used for religious purposes.
这座建筑是用于宗教活动的。
He was to help the government build an army for defense purposes as the Philippines began planning for independence.
VOA : special.2009.05.24
From the point of view of the school age of youngsters' population, there are really, I think, two implicit purposes.
从青少年的,学龄角度考虑，我想存在两个深层目标。
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The inner electrons are so tightly bound that they are for all intents and purposes, immobilized when it comes to reactivity.
内部电子被紧紧地束缚着,因此无论怎样，当进行反应时，它都是固定的。
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A business plan,in the words of the Small Business Administration in Washington, is a tool with three basic purposes.
VOA : special.2009.06.26
He told the president, "You do not know the dishonest purposes of those men as well as I do."
VOA : special.2009.08.13
For comparison purposes, 30 initial public offerings have been canceled this year because of the volatile markets.
Surveillance technology, once it is installed for public safety purposes, quickly infiltrates other parts of our lives.
They inflated at home for political purposes, but tried to keep their currencies pegged to the dollar.