| 单词 | purpose |
| 释义 | purpose (pɜːʳpəs ) Word forms: purposes 1. countable noun B1 The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done. The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies. [+ of] Various insurance schemes already exist for this purpose. ...the use of nuclear energy for military purposes. He was asked about casualties, but said it would serve no purpose to count bodies. Most of them are destroyed because they've served their purpose. Synonyms: reason, point, idea, goal 2. countable noun [with poss] Your purpose is the thing that you want to achieve. They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose. His purpose was to make a profit by improving the company's performance. Synonyms: aim, end, plan, hope 3. uncountable noun Purpose is the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it. The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose. Synonyms: determination, commitment, resolve, will 4. See also cross-purposes 5. for all practical purposes/to all intents and purposes phrase 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. For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist. To all intents and purposes the case was closed. 6. on purpose phrase B1 If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally. Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose? Synonyms: deliberately, purposely, consciously, intentionally Collocations: charitable purposes He wanted the Foundation to be able to support the other charitable purposes for which his will provides. Times, Sunday Times (2010) A charitable organization is responsible for taking into account the charitable purposes for which it was formed when deciding how to distribute the funds. Christianity Today (2000) He left £100,000 for charitable purposes. Times, Sunday Times (2006) This lonely structure may perhaps have been used for ritual purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was also sent to the religious elites for ritual purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Burials were found in an area of the settlement thought to be used for ritual purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, among the indigenous, paper continued to be made clandestinely for ritual purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was used medicinally and for ritual purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The only 'passengers' are occasional herds of specially recruited crowds, used for testing purposes. Times, Sunday Times Clinical microarray applications are further limited by the availability of sufficient cell numbers for testing purposes. The Scientist We have a mobile [phone] that we use for testing purposes. Times, Sunday Times A few will be retained for testing purposes and when storage space runs out, the others will be destroyed. Times, Sunday Times None of the games are entirely free but all offer a limited trial for testing purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You need to know what your primary purpose is. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The primary purpose of prison is punishment. The Sun (2013) The primary purpose of contact was to promote the welfare of the child. Times, Sunday Times (2012) They insist the main purpose of the visit was to play in two football matches - they lost both - to raise 10,000 for charity. The Sun But that was not the purpose of his visit. Times, Sunday Times This newspaper can reveal that the prince now claims the purpose of the visit has been widely misunderstood. Times,Sunday Times The main purpose of the visit, however, was to show off the growing closeness between them. Times, Sunday Times For the purpose of the visit, the area around the jury was deemed the precincts of the court and a low-level police presence was apparent at every stop. Times, Sunday Times There was no dispute that the photocopying was for the allowable purpose of research or private study. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first stage of the fair dealing analysis requires that the previews be for the purpose of research, private study, criticism, review or news reporting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Access to these kinds of records may only be granted for the purpose of research or for the collection of statistics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The general bonhomie of that historic occasion masked an acrimonious battle over the preceding years: a conflict about the purposes of research and the methods of achieving them. Times, Sunday Times In 2014, the project was initiated, with the main purpose of researching the best ways to apply concepts of gamification and crowdsourcing into lifelong learning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fictitious persons are not used just to perpetrate fraud, they are also for harmless recreational purposes such as role-playing games or to protect privacy. Times, Sunday Times Forty years on, legions of us are keeping our bodies to ourselves, sharing them only for recreational purposes. Times, Sunday Times These small unmanned aircraft, often fitted with cameras, have a number of commercial uses, including building inspections, aerial photography and surveillance, as well as recreational purposes. Times, Sunday Times A city tax commission ruled that the 21 acres, which were used exclusively for recreational purposes, did not qualify for exemption as land devoted to a charitable use. Christianity Today The majority of flights are with smaller single engine piston aircraft, either for training or recreational purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The church submitted evidence demonstrating it routinely gave such explanations to the congregation and that it had a religious purpose in doing so. Christianity Today Religious images cover a wider range of all types of images made with a religious purpose, subject, or connection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In many communities churches are required to obtain a special use permit in order to purchase and use property for religious purposes. Christianity Today Both animals and human cultures occasionally consume soil for medicinal, recreational, or religious purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Totems of local animals were carved for luck or religious purposes as well as hunting decoys. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Countries get around the ban by taking advantage of a loophole that permits hunting for scientific purposes. Times, Sunday Times (2007) There seems little practical or scientific purpose in sending people into space at all: certainly none that can justify the costs. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Plastic-stemmed cotton buds will still be permitted for medical and scientific purposes but sales to the general public will be banned. Times, Sunday Times (2019) Behind the affable exterior and easy smile is an iron will and sense of purpose. The Sun (2009) The clarity of war provides a sense of purpose and belonging which the complications of peace often do not. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He gave the England team dignity, calm and a sense of purpose. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It gave me a sense of purpose, a determination to do something different. The Sun (2014) His incisive mind was well suited to instilling a sense of purpose into an organisation that was very bureaucratic. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In contrasting these two approaches, the present chapter serves a dual purpose. Competing in a Global Economy (1990) This prestigious award has served its purpose. Times, Sunday Times (2015) And for many years, it served a valuable purpose. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Local and central government should be united in a shared purpose. Times, Sunday Times But not our discovered sense of shared purpose. Times, Sunday Times This shared purpose and commitment to the mission and to each other create deep bonds of love. Christianity Today In times of crisis, people look for shared purpose among their leaders, not a cunning strategy of detachment. Times, Sunday Times The amazing sense of presence in the best of the artists of this era was the fruit of a shared purpose and set of techniques. Times, Sunday Times The idea of making money for the sole purpose of making money was stupid. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Our sole purpose is to ensure children's best interests are prioritised at all times. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Its sole purpose was to collect more information. FINGERPRINTS: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity (2002) The specific purpose of the hoax was to see if they could get nonsense published. Times, Sunday Times And you both feel the other person has betrayed you and has robbed the money you had both set aside for a specific purpose. Christianity Today We provide a number of different products - each with a specific purpose. ST Article 22 was framed for a specific purpose and in a deliberately precise way. Times, Sunday Times It was one thing to agree to emergency laws for a short time and specific purpose. The Sun As her stated purpose was 'to make couples look askance at one another', you inevitably wonder what sort of marriage she has. Times, Sunday Times The book occasionally meanders from its stated purpose. The Times Literary Supplement The couple's stated purpose, and the sheer scale of the wealth they are committing to it, speak for themselves. Times, Sunday Times Laughable though it sounds now, the stated purpose of reforming housing benefit two years ago was to save the taxpayer money. Times, Sunday Times It hardly needed explaining since the air strikes demonstrate the emptiness of their stated purpose. Times, Sunday Times It has to have a steady and compelling strategic purpose. Times, Sunday Times And, by making clients focus on the brand, he made them think in much greater depth about their strategic purpose. Times, Sunday Times Going there, making the personal investment, has a real strategic purpose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The telecoms giant's critics claim that it could be forced by the state to use its infrastructure for strategic purposes. Times, Sunday Times They are also used in restricted waters such as straits or channels, or coastal inland waterways which have the tactical and strategic purpose of area denial to the enemy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Immigration for work purposes fell by a third, while immigration for study purposes rose, becoming the biggest source of net migration. Times,Sunday Times The various games are available outside the mission for study purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This makes it difficult to obtain venom in useful quantities and good condition for study purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The previous three locations were used for only for meeting and study purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As with all fair dealing exceptions, copying for research or study purposes must also be fair, taking into account the various factors mentioned above. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some pergolas suit the purpose, but they often look lost, cutting across an empty space. Times, Sunday Times I will change the subject to suit my purpose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the industrial era printing methods would be chosen to suit the purpose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hall, outbuildings and grounds are now used as a hotel and country club, and the buildings have been much modified to suit that purpose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In reality the giant can transform large pieces of itself into other objects to suit his purpose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fish and turtles live in the garden and also serve a symbolic purpose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I may even do something incomprehensible with it for symbolic purposes. Times, Sunday Times Flags serve decorative and, for the most part, vacuously symbolic purposes. Times, Sunday Times Most of the prehistoric monuments that have come down to us served ritual or symbolic purposes, rather than utilitarian ones. Times, Sunday Times Flowers, particularly, were used for decorative or symbolic purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her lips are parted only for the express purpose of shouting insults. Times, Sunday Times (2006) You have to have the guile and ability to get round teams sent out with the express purpose of stopping you play. The Sun (2009) He then went to Dallas with the express purpose of building a new opera theatre. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The study conceded that 'the generation of human cells still requires significant refinements prior to their use for therapeutic purposes'. Times, Sunday Times Yet officials have admitted privately that the new law would not permit the use of embryos for purely therapeutic purposes. Times, Sunday Times For therapeutic purposes, you would best be booking five or 10 sessions (375 and 650). Times, Sunday Times It has been estimated that 95% of all injections in developing regions are for therapeutic purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of them are used for therapeutic purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And together, they have not lost sight of their ultimate purpose. Christianity Today It gave me the chance to think about my ultimate purpose. The Sun One can, of course, see the ultimate purpose of such annoying tactics. Times, Sunday Times Passengers are legally entitled to carry as personal baggage any article pertaining to their usual occupation or the direct or ultimate purpose of their journey. Times,Sunday Times And then he releases them back into the throng, providing it with what it might have at first appeared to lack: meaning, mystery, some ultimate purpose. The Times Literary Supplement On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. Christianity Today They have a great unity of purpose, plenty of character and unprecedented physical fitness. Times, Sunday Times There was, indeed, a unity of purpose and determination. The Sun This time, the city doesn't evince that hopeful spirit, the same sense of resolve and unity of purpose. Times,Sunday Times In the short term they have to convince markets that they have enough firepower and unity of purpose to protect the euro from collapse. Times, Sunday Times Otherwise there would be no useful purpose in the proceedings. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Envy is a corrosive emotion that serves no useful purpose. Times, Sunday Times (2010) We see no useful purpose in him being jailed. The Sun (2012) Translations: Chinese: 目的 Japanese: 目的 |
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