purpose

英 ['pɜːpəs] 美['pɝpəs]

with no result or effect; pointlessly

无结果地，无成效地，徒劳地

relevant or useful

与本题有关的，得要领的，合适的；有用的

you may have heard something from them which is to the purpose.
你或许已从他们那儿听到了一些有关的事情。

Intentionally; deliberately.

故意地；有意地

With good results.

有益地，有成效地

With few or no results.

几乎徒劳的，少有成效地

1. Most of them are destroyed because they've served their purpose.: 它们中大多数在完成使命后被销毁。

2. What'simpressed me has been his considerable firmness of purpose.: 令我印象深刻的是他对目标的坚定不移。

3. The purpose of the visit was to navigate into an ice-filled fiord.: 这次出行是为了能驶入冰雪覆盖的峡湾。

4. The company has recently moved into a new purpose-built factory.: 该公司最近搬进了一家专门建造的新工厂。

5. Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy.: 他们的目的是要建立一个公平的社会和一个强大的经济体。