Settled intention; design. 主意;企图。 The end or aim desired. 目标;宗旨。 Honesty of purpose is no security for soundness of understanding. 目标纯正未必能保证理解正确。 accidently on purpose 【口】无意中遂了己愿。 answer [sever] the purpose 适用。 for purposes [for the purpose] of 为了...。 of set purpose (a)故意的。(b)目标明确。 to all intents and purposes 事实上。 to little [no] purpose 无济于事。 To resolve; to determine upon. 确定;决意。 His mother purposed that he should be a lawyer, and his own heart purposed it too. 他的母亲要他成为一个律师,他自己也是这样决定的。 adj. purposeless. adv. purposely. |