purposes

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基本释义

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

实用例句

Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.

他把聪明都用在了犯罪上,太可惜了。

柯林斯例句

For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist.

实际上协议已经不复存在。

柯林斯例句

They emphasised that their equipment was for peaceful and not military purposes.

他们强调他们的设备用于和平而非战争目的。

柯林斯例句

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

他坚称这笔捐款将用于国际用途。

柯林斯例句

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

这两个朋友发现他们与官员们无法沟通。

柯林斯例句

To all intents and purposes the case was closed.

实际上该案已经了结了。

柯林斯例句

Feathers of various kinds are used by Native Americans for ceremonial purposes.

美洲印第安人在举行仪式时用到各种羽毛。

柯林斯例句

The land was not zoned for commercial purposes.

这块地未划作商业用地。

柯林斯例句

I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.

我想我们是说到两下里去了,我根本不是那个意思。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Talks between the two countries are for political purposes.

两国间的谈判是出于政治目的.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

《简明英汉词典》

The money is to be used for specific purposes.

这笔钱有专门用途.

《简明英汉词典》

The revised edition is to all intents and purposes a new book.

修订本实际上是一本新书.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

He screwed the facts to suit his own purposes.

他为达到他自己的目的而歪曲事实.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

真题例句

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

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use "team" as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.

2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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

2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

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

A new study from michigan State University, though, argues that all students—including high achievers—see a decline in performance when they browse the Internet during class for non-academic purposes.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读

But there is also a place in a young life for noble purposes that include a dedication to the broader society, a love of country and an aspiration to make their own leadership contributions.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

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

2017年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文

In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of whose purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

In addition, their arms that are unnecessary for moving around are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signaling.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to prevent themselves from being destroyed.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

Norbert Wiener, who founded the field of cybernetics, put it this way: if we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

One of the purposes of the annual pony drift is to control the number of ponies.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment.

2015年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, t

2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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