单词 | purposive |
释义 | purposive (once / 25807 pages) adj WORD FAMILY purposive: purposively USAGE EXAMPLESThis ambition of purposive design has often been trampled over, however, in the blind pursuit of thinness. The Verge(Sep 25, 2014) The visceral excitement we feel when we witness quite this much apparently purposive human activity carries the day – and the subsequent ones. The Guardian(Jun 09, 2014) These machines are basically very simple, and the principles of unconscious purposive behavior are among the commonplaces of engineering science. Salon(Apr 19, 2014) 1adj having a purpose purposive behavior Syn goal-directed purposeful serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal 2adj having or showing or acting with a purpose or design purposive behavior Syn nonrandom not random |
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