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1 词典释义:
purposes
时间: 2024-12-22 10:51:23
初中高中四级六级考研
英 [ˈpɜːpəsɪz]
美 [ˈpɜːrpəsɪz]

n. 目的;意义;意志;用途;意图;(purpose的复数)

vt. 打算;有意;(purpose的第三人称单数)

双语例句
  • 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。

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  • The charts in this article are for illustrative purposes only.

    该文中的图表只用于说明的目的。

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  • He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes.

    他坚持说这笔钱是出于国际目的而捐助的。

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  • The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close.

    那些窗帘纯粹用于装饰目的,不能开合。

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  • Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.

    戴利主教说过,教堂不应该用于非宗教或世俗的目的。

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  • The North Atlantic Treaty begins with the affirmation that its parties "reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations."

    《北大西洋公约》以公开肯定其成员“重申其对《联合国宪章》的目的以及原则的信念”开头。

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  • Crying has also served other social purposes.

    哭泣也具有其他社会性目的。

  • We can use a mechanical agency to achieve our purposes.

    我们可以通过机械代理机构来达成我们的目的。

  • Kites have been used for scientific purposes in the western world.

    在西方世界,风筝已被用于科学目的。

  • The idea was to stop such accounts being used for dubious purposes.

    其想法是防止这些账户被用于可疑的目的。

  • The kinds of sound that can be used for musical purposes are amazingly varied.

    可用于音乐目的的声音种类惊人地千差万别。

  • For my purposes, a club definitely has to be registered before I can proceed further.

    就我的目的而言,在我继续下一步之前,俱乐部一定要注册。

  • For certain purposes, you can talk about slices, but the fundamental thing is the salami.

    因为某种目的,你可以谈论切片,但根本的在于意大利腊肠本身。

  • The question is whether it will be most used for peaceful purposes or as a deadly weapon.

    问题是它主要用于和平目的还是作为致命武器使用。

  • Governor's Island is a national historic landmark district long used for military purposes.

    总督岛是国家历史地标区,长期以来一直用于军事目的。

  • Although birds use their feathers for flight, some of their feathers are for other purposes.

    虽然鸟类用羽毛飞行,但有些鸟类的羽毛还有其他用途。

  • This was reflected in attitudes towards fireworks and the purposes for which they were used.

    这反映在对烟花爆竹的态度和使用目的上。

  • In the early 1990s, the World Wide Web was developed, in large part, for commercial purposes.

    在20世纪90年代初期,万维网的开发很大程度上是出于商业目的。

  • The building is used for religious purposes.

    这座建筑是用于宗教活动的。

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  • These gifts count as income for tax purposes.

    这些赠与应属于纳税的收入。

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  • To all intents and purposes he was my father.

    他实际上可以称得上是我的父亲。

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  • The land was not zoned for commercial purposes.

    这块地未被划为商业用地。

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  • A few brief comments are sufficient for present purposes.

    就当前而言,几句简短的话已经足够了。

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  • The two items are, to all intents and purposes, identical.

    这两件物品几乎完全一样。

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  • By 1981 the docks had, to all intents and purposes, closed.

    到1981年,这些码头几乎等于关闭了。

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  • Henry was not slow to dissemble when it served his purposes.

    形势一对他有利,亨利就马上开始隐瞒。

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  • They took a plaster cast of the teeth for identification purposes.

    他们做了这副牙的石膏模型作鉴别之用。

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  • He claims he keeps a bottle of brandy only for medicinal purposes.

    他说他存放着一瓶白兰地只是为了药用。

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  • For the purposes of this study, the three groups have been combined.

    为了这项研究工作,三个小组业已合并。

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  • The two friends find themselves at cross-purposes with the officials.

    这两个朋友发现他们与这些官员无法互相理解。

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短语搭配
  • for purposes of

    为了

  • for all practical purposes

    adv. 实际上

  • for practical purposes

    实际上,对实用性来讲

  • for most purposes

    对大多数场合

  • at cross purposes

    互相误解,意见相左;南辕北辙

近义词
n. 目的;意志
v. 打算;企图