purpose
US /ˈpɚpəs/
・UK /'pɜ:pəs/
A2 初級英檢初級多益
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)目的
The purpose of this meeting is to tell you about the monthly bonus payment
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)目標
Her main purpose in life is to help others.
adv.副詞有目的地
She walked with purpose towards the stage.
adv.副詞故意地
I didn't do it on purpose; it was an accident.
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)打算
The company purposes to expand its operations next year.
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)用途
The tool served its purpose well.
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)決意
They purposed to build a new school in the village.
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女童子軍8億美元的餅乾帝國是如何運作的 - 經濟學 - WSJ (How Girl Scouts’ $800 Million Cookie Empire Works | The Economics Of | WSJ)
06:23
- But that defeats the purpose, as many parents have told me,
但這違背了許多家長告訴我讓小孩參加這活動的目的，
- And I think if a parent just swoops in and buys all the boxes or buys too many boxes, it defeats the purpose of what the program stands for.
我認為如果父母一味地購買所有的餅乾甚至購買太多，會違背該活動的宗旨。
孩子並不總是讓你更快樂。這就是為什麼人們還是要生孩子。| 保羅-布魯姆 (Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway. | Paul Bloom)
04:56
- We want pleasure. We want to be good. We want meaning. We want purpose.
我們想要快樂。我們想做個好人。我們想要意義。我們想要目的。
- We want meaning, we want purpose.
我們想要意義，我們想要目的。
為什麼有爭議的集束炸彈被運往烏克蘭 | WSJ Equipped (Why Controversial Cluster Bombs Are Being Sent to Ukraine | WSJ Equipped)
04:59
- US cluster munitions, also known as dual-purpose improved conventional munition,
美國集束炸彈又被稱為兩用改進型常規彈藥（DPICM），
- also known as dual-purpose improved conventional munition,
又稱兩用改進型常規彈藥、