purposes是什么意思？

purposes

• n. 意志( purpose的名词复数 )，目的，作用，（进行中的）行动；

例句

• The work is, to all intents and purposes, finished. 那项工作实际上已经完成了。
• the purposes for which power can be rightfully exercised 为了权力能够正当行使的目的
• He purposes to write the history of India. 他意欲撰写印度史。
• Marihuana has been used for medicinal purposes since antiquity. 大麻自远古以来就被作为药用。
• Some people are rather dim about the purposes of their lives. 有些人稀里糊涂, 不知他们生活的目的是什么。
• Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes since antiquity. 大麻自远古以来就被作为药用。
• He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student. 想当作家，先当学生。
• To all intents and purposes the business is my cousin's. 实质上商店是我表哥的.
• They do not preempt the land surface that is useful for other purposes. 它们不预先占用对其它目的有用的地面.
• It is not justifiable save for very special purposes. 除用于非常特殊的目的以外,它不能算是正当的.

英语六级真题

Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college uses its facilities for academic purposes a little more than half the calendar year.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  意义；用途
  The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done.
  例句
  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。 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。
• N-COUNT
  目标；目的
  Your purpose is the thing that you want to achieve.
  例句
  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。 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
  Purpose is the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it.
  例句
  The teachers are enthusiastic and have a sense of purpose. 教师们很热情并且很有决心。
• PHRASE
  实际上
  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.
  例句
  For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist... 实际上协议已经不复存在。 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 something on purpose, you do it intentionally.
  例句
  Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose? 是意外还是戴维故意所为？