purpose

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɜːpəs/    美 /ˈpɝpəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The end for which something is done, is made or exists. countable,uncountable
    — What is the purpose of your visit?
  2. Function, role. countable,uncountable
    — The exceptionally small gate-leg table served the purpose of a tea table admirably.
  3. meaning for existing or doing something. countable,uncountable
    — Before being hospitalized, Thea filled her days with work that gave her life purpose. Whether it was teaching, writing, or investing in relationships, Thea was busily and actively engaged in activity that she could feel good about.
  4. Resolution; determination. countable,uncountable
    — […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.
  5. The subject of discourse; the point at issue. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […]he was woont to ſpeake plaine, and to the purpoſe (like an honeſt man and a ſouldier) […]
动词 v.
  1. To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan. transitive
    — 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xxxvi, leaf 235v Soo was Alysander purposed to ryde to london by the coūceille of sire Tristram to syre Launcelot / "So was Alisander purposed to ride to London, by the counsel of Sir Tristram, to Sir Launcelot."
  2. To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean. intransitive
    — Upon my ſoul, / You may beleeve him: nor did he ere purpoſe / To me but nobly;[…]
  3. To discourse. intransitive,obsolete
    — Whom ouertaking, ſhe in merry ſort Them gan to bord, and purpoſe diuerſly,[…]

词形变化

purposes plural purposes present,singular,third-person purposing participle,present purposed participle,past purposed past

词汇关系

近义词
goal object target plan intention reason for doing something
下位词
common purpose metapurpose
衍生词
all-purpose all-purpose flour apurpose by-purpose cross purpose cross-purpose dative of purpose defeat the purpose dispurpose dual-purpose fit for purpose for all intents and purposes forepurpose game with a purpose general-purpose infinitive of purpose mispurpose multipurpose multi-purpose purpose-built purposeful purposeless purpose-like purposelike purpose loan purposely purpose-made purpose statement repurpose special-purpose special-purpose entity special-purpose vehicle subpurpose the purpose of a system is what it does to no purpose to the purpose unpurpose on purpose purposive purposed purposer

词源

词源 1
From Middle English purpos, from Old French purposer (“to propose”) (with conjugation altered based on poser), from Latin prō- (“forth”) + pōnere (“place, put”), hence Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere. By surface analysis, pur- + pose (“halt, pause, put, place”).
词源 2
From Middle English purposen, from Old French purposer (“to propose”).
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