purpose 英 [ˈpɜ:pəs] 　 美 [ˈpɜrpəs]

purpose

purpose　 英 [ˈpɜ:pəs] 美 [ˈpɜrpəs]

n. 目的；意图　

进行时:purposing　 过去式:purposed　 过去分词:purposed　 第三人称单数:purposes　 名词复数:purposes　

Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.　我们这次活动的主要目的就是募款。
The building is used for religious purposes.　这座建筑是用于宗教活动的。

  • When you do something with purpose, you do it with determination. When your activities have a purpose, you have an aim or intention in mind.
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  • n. 目的；意图

  • 1. Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.

    我们这次活动的主要目的就是募款。

  • 2. The building is used for religious purposes.

    这座建筑是用于宗教活动的。

  • 3. For the purposes ofthis study, the three groups have been combined.

    为了这项研究工作，三个小组业已合并。

  • 4. Volunteer work gives her life purpose.

    做志愿工作使她的生活有了意义。

  • 5. He has enormous confidence and strength of purpose.

    他信心十足，意志坚强。

  • purpose (n.) c. 1300, "intention, aim, goal," from Anglo-French purpos, Old French porpos "aim, intention" (12c.), from porposer "to put forth," from por- "forth" (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pur-) + Old French poser "to put, place" (see pose (v.1)). On purpose "by design" is attested from 1580s; earlier of purpose (early 15c.).
  • purpose (v.) late 14c., from Anglo-French purposer "to design," Old French porposer "to intend, propose," variant of proposer (see propose).
pur·pose ★ / ˈpɜːpəs ; NAmE ˈpɜːrpəs / noun 1 ★ [countable ] the intention, aim or function of sth; the thing that sth is supposed to achieve 意图；目的；用途；目标 ◆ Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money. 我们这次活动的主要目的就是募款。 ◆ The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university. 本书旨在全面介绍这所大学。 ◆ A meeting was called for the purpose ofappointing a new treasurer. 为任命新司库而召开了一次会议。 ◆ The experiments serve no useful purpose (= are not useful). 这些实验毫无用处。 ◆ The building is used for religious purposes. 这座建筑是用于宗教活动的。 2 ★ purposes [plural ] what is needed in a particular situation 情势的需要 ◆ These gifts count as income for tax purposes. 这些赠与物品视为应课税收入。 ◆ For the purposes ofthis study, the three groups have been combined. 为了这项研究工作，三个小组业已合并。 3 ★ [countable ,  uncountable ] meaning that is important and valuable to you 重要意义；有价值的意义 ◆ Volunteer work gives her life (a sense of) purpose. 做志愿工作使她的生活有了意义。 4 [uncountable ] the ability to plan sth and work successfully to achieve it 意志；毅力；决心 SYN determination ◆ He has enormous confidence and strength of purpose. 他信心十足，意志坚强。 ☞see also cross purposes IDIOMS ★ on ˈpurpose not by accident; deliberately 故意；有意地 ◆ He did it on purpose, knowing it would annoy her. 他明知会激怒她，却故意那么做。 to little/no ˈpurpose ( formal) with little/no useful effect or result 作用不大；徒劳 ☞more at intent   n. , practical   adj. SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 purpose aim ◆intention ◆plan ◆point ◆idea These are all words for talking about what sb/sth intends to do or achieve. 以上各词均指意图、目的、目标。 ■ purpose what sth is supposed to achieve; what sb is trying to achieve 指目的、目标： ◆ Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money. 我们这次活动的主要目的是募款。 ■ aim what sb is trying to achieve; what sth is supposed to achieve 指目标、目的： ◆ She went to London with the aim of finding a job. 她去伦敦是为了找工作。 ◆ Our main aim is to increase sales in Europe. 我们的主要目标是增加在欧洲的销售量。 purpose or aim? 用 purpose 还是 aim？ Your purposefor doing something is your reason for doing it; your aimis what you want to achieve. Aimcan suggest that you are only trying to achieve sth; purposegives a stronger sense of achievement being certain. Aimcan be sb's aimor the aim of sth. Purposeis more usually the purpose of sth:you can talk about sb's purposebut that is more formal. *purpose 指做某事的原因，aim 指要达到的目的。aim 可以指尝试达到目的，purpose 含有要成就某事的强烈感觉。aim 可指某人的目的（sb's aim），也可指某事的目的（the aim of sth），purpose 更常指做某事的原因（the purpose of sth），也可指某人的目的（sb's purpose），但这样用较正式。 ■ intention what you intend to do 指打算、计划、意图： ◆ I have no intention of going to the wedding. 我无意去参加婚礼。 ◆ She's full of good intentionsbut they rarely work out. 她虽然处处出于善意，却很少产生效果。 ■ plan what you intend to do or achieve 指计划、打算： ◆ There are no plans to build new offices. 现在没有建新办公楼的计划。 intention or plan? 用 intention 还是 plan？ Your intentionsare what you want to do, especially in the near future; your plansare what you have decided or arranged to do, often, but not always, in the longer term. *intention 尤指近期的打算、意图； plan 通常但不总是指较长远的计划、安排。 ■ point ( rather informal) the purpose or aim of sth 指意图、目的、理由： ◆ What's the pointof all this violence? 这些暴行的意图何在？ ◆ The point of the lesson is to compare the two countries. 本课的目的是比较这两个国家。 ■ idea ( rather informal) the purpose of sth; sb's aim 指目的、意图： ◆ The whole idea of going was so that we could meet her new boyfriend. 我们去的唯一目的就是要见她的新男朋友。 ◆ What's the ideabehind this? 这背后的目的是什么？ point or idea? 用 point 还是 idea？ Pointis a more negative word than idea.If you say What's the point…?you are suggesting that there is no point; if you say What's the idea…?you are genuinely asking a question. Point,but not idea,is used to talk about things you feel annoyed or unhappy about. *point 比 idea 有更多的否定含义：what's the point ...? 暗指毫无意义； what's the idea ...? 用于真正询问目的。用 point 而非 idea 表示对所谈论的事情感到不快： ◆ There's no idea in… ◆ I don't see the idea of… PATTERNS ◆ withthe purpose/aim/intention/idea ofdoing sth ◆ sb's intention/plan to do sth ◆ to havea(n) purpose/aim/intention/plan/point ◆ to achieve / achieve a(n) purpose/aim purpose purposes purposed purposing pur·pose / ˈpɜːpəs ; NAmE ˈpɜːrpəs /
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