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purpose    音标拼音: [p'ɚpəs]
n. 目的,意向,决心,效果,意义,论题
vt. 意欲,企图,计划

目的,意向,决心,效果,意义,论题意欲,企图,计划

purpose
通用的 AP

purpose
目的

purpose
n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [synonym: {purpose},
{intent}, {intention}, {aim}, {design}]
2: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to
bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [synonym:
{function}, {purpose}, {role}, {use}]
3: the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every
movement"; "he is a man of purpose" [synonym: {determination},
{purpose}]
v 1: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [synonym: {aim},
{purpose}, {purport}, {propose}]
2: reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" [synonym:
{purpose}, {resolve}]

Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purposed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Purposing}.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See {Propose}.]
1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
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2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon,
as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to
design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or
dependent clause. --Chaucer.
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Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
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I purpose to write the history of England from the
accession of King James the Second down to a time
which is within the memory of men still living.
--Macaulay.
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Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
propositum. See {Propound}.]
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be
reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view
is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim;
design; intention; plan.
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He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
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As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it. --Shak.
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2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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{In purpose}, {Of purpose}, {On purpose}, with previous
design; with the mind directed to that object;
intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
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Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See {Design}.
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Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. i.
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
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145 Moby Thesaurus words for "purpose":
advantage, aim, aim at, ambition, animus, aspiration, aspire,
aspire after, aspire to, avail, be after, benefit, by design,
commitment, conclude, consciously, consider, contemplate, counsel,
decide, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication,
definiteness, deliberately, deliberateness, deliberation,
desideration, desideratum, design, designedly, desire, destination,
destine, determinateness, determination, determine, determinedness,
devotion, direction, doggedness, drive, drive at, duty,
earnestness, effect, end, end use, especially, exactly, expressly,
firmness, fix, fixed purpose, function, gain, go for, goal, good,
harbor a design, have every intention, have in mind, have in view,
idea, immediate purpose, in particular, intend, intendment, intent,
intention, intentionally, knowingly, long, mark, mean, meaning,
meditate, mind, mission, motivation, motive, nisus, object,
objective, obstinacy, office, on purpose, operation,
operational purpose, outcome, perseverance, persistence, plan,
point, ponder, practicality, precisely, principle, profit, project,
proposal, propose, proposition, prospectus, purport,
purposefulness, purposely, rationale, reason, relentlessness,
resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, result, role,
sake, scheme, seal, self-will, seriousness, settle, sincerity,
single-mindedness, specially, specifically, steadfastness,
striving, stubbornness, study, take a resolution, target, tenacity,
think, total commitment, ultimate purpose, use, usefulness,
utility, view, will, wittingly, work, yearn


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