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purposed

/pur-puhs/US // ˈpɜr pəs //UK // (ˈpɜːpəs) //

有目的的,有目的,目的,有意

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
    • : an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal.
    • : determination; resoluteness.
    • : the subject in hand; the point at issue.
    • : practical result, effect, or advantage: to act to good purpose.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.

    • : to set as an aim, intention, or goal for oneself.
    • : to intend; design.
    • : to resolve: He purposed to change his way of life radically.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.

    • : to have a purpose.

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Examples

  • The responses show how rare it is for teachers to use insects in their classrooms and the small number of insect species they select for this purpose.

  • The beauty of a compilation usually lies in the way it can refashion a band's narrative by sequencing songs into something resembling a coherent statement of purpose.

  • I would help you, but of course that would defeat the purpose of protecting ourselves from spreading germs.

  • As of last month, the remaining $259 billion still has not been committed to any of the Fed’s specific programs or for any other purpose.

  • “Putting hundreds or even thousands of Virginians at risk for the sole purpose of selling guns is just not worth it,” the attorney general said on Twitter.

  • Reputations are constantly being disinterred, re-examined, re-purposed for use in the troublesome present.

  • This is the counsel, that I have purposed upon all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.

  • The longer we laid there the more curious did I become as to what line of action MacRae purposed to follow.

  • He was a stubborn idealist, and having found something at last to admire he purposed to hug it.

  • This point they had to turn before they reached the spot from which Kinnaird purposed descending to the river.

  • Against assurance such as this the dangerous Missouri with its bars and snags purposed a present revenge.