purpose

英 ['p??p?s] 美['p?p?s]

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復(fù)數(shù):?purposes;第三人稱單數(shù):?purposes;過去式:?purposed;過去分詞:?purposed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?purposing;

purpose 意圖，目的，意義

pur-,向前，-pos，放置，詞源同pose,position.引申詞義意圖，目的等。

purpose: purpose: [13] Purpose, propose [14], and propound [16] are ultimately the same word. All go back to Latin prōpōnere ‘put forward, declare’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and pōnere ‘place’ (source of English pose, position, etc). Its past participle prōpositus was the source of two distinct Old French verbs: the minimally altered proposer, source of English propose; and purposer, which contains the Old French descendant of the Latin prefix prō-, source of English purpose. Propound is an alteration of an earlier propone (source of proponent [16]), which was based directly on prōpōnere.
=> pose, position, propose, proponent, propound
purpose (n.): c. 1300, "intention, aim, goal," from Anglo-French purpos, Old French porpos "aim, intention" (12c.), from porposer "to put forth," from por- "forth" (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pur-) + Old French poser "to put, place" (see pose (v.1)). On purpose "by design" is attested from 1580s; earlier of purpose (early 15c.).
purpose (v.): late 14c., from Anglo-French purposer "to design," Old French porposer "to intend, propose," variant of proposer (see propose).

1. Most of them are destroyed because they've served their purpose.: 它們中大多數(shù)在完成使命后被銷毀。

2. What'simpressed me has been his considerable firmness of purpose.: 令我印象深刻的是他對目標(biāo)的堅定不移。

3. The purpose of the visit was to navigate into an ice-filled fiord.: 這次出行是為了能駛?cè)氡└采w的峽灣。

4. The company has recently moved into a new purpose-built factory.: 該公司最近搬進(jìn)了一家專門建造的新工廠。

5. Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy.: 他們的目的是要建立一個公平的社會和一個強(qiáng)大的經(jīng)濟(jì)體。