Purpose

(noun.) 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'.

(verb.) reach a decision; 'he resolved never to drink again'.

录入:希莉娅

• Come, come, I'll write you a cheque,' said the little man; and down he sat at the table for that purpose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• This purpose continued as you wove it? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was now reduced and confined to the original purpose of its institution. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The boy gathers up his change and has pulled the door open by a leather strap nailed to it for the purpose, when Venus cries out: 'Stop him! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• M. Le Gray, of Paris, was the first to suggest collodion for this purpose, but Mr. Scott Archer, of London, in 1851, was the first to carry it out practically. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The Indians are dexterous in contrivances for that purpose, which we had not. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• When the purpose of the activity is restricted to ascertaining these qualities, the resulting knowledge is only technical. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• From him the poor may learn to acquire wealth, and the rich to adapt it to the purposes of beneficence. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Glass thermometers of the above type are the ones most generally used, but there are many different types for special purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• For blasting purposes also it presents the promise of possible utilization. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Now the operator has to adjust himself to his machine, instead of his tool to his own purposes. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Whatever natural science may be for the specialist, for educational purposes it is knowledge of the conditions of human action. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• For ordinary draught purposes, as in the quotation from the _Iliad_ we have just made, oxen were employed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I read with my watch upon the table, purposing to close my book at eleven o'clock. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• After our early dinner, I strolled out alone, purposing to finish off the marshes at once, and get them done with. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• As I sat solitary, purposing to adjourn to the garden and leave the coast clear, but too listless to fulfil my own intent, I heard the workmen coming. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• They purposed remaining in London only three days, prior to departing for some weeks to a distant part of the coast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• No maiden, said Bois-Guilbert, this was NOT all that I purposed. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I think he had purposed on that day to indicate the origin of his endeavours, and the aim of his ambition. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was, that he purposed first seeing Mrs. Steerforth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Like March, having come in like a lion, he purposed to go out like a lamb. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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