purpose to do something
collocation打算做某事；决心做某事
He purposes to save enough money to buy a house.
他打算存够钱买一所房子。
打算；意图；旨在
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打算；意图；旨在
To have something as one's aim or intention; to intend or plan.
She purposed to finish the project by Friday.
她计划在周五前完成这个项目。
以...为目的；决心；打算；计划
To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
意欲；打算；意图；意指
To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean.
purpose
Base
原形
purposes
3rd person
第三人称单数
purposing
-ing
现在分词
purposed
Past
过去式
purposed
Past participle
过去分词
She purposes to start a new project.
她打算开始一个新项目。
He purposed to finish the work yesterday.
他昨天计划完成这项工作。
They have purposed to expand the business.
他们已决定扩展业务。
Regular verb: purpose.
He is purposing to start a new business next year.
他打算明年开始一项新业务。
They purpose to travel around the world after retirement.
他们计划退休后环游世界。
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打算做某事；决心做某事
He purposes to save enough money to buy a house.
他打算存够钱买一所房子。
旨在做某事；被计划用于做某事
The campaign is purposed to raise public awareness of the issue.
这项活动旨在提高公众对这个问题的认识。
意欲……；打算……
The committee purposed that the plan should be reviewed first.
委员会打算先对这个计划进行审查。
故意地；有意地
She broke the vase on purpose.
她故意打碎了花瓶。
实际上；实质上
To all intents and purposes, the project is finished.
实际上，这个项目已经完成了。
起作用；有用处
This old table still serves a purpose in the kitchen.
这张旧桌子在厨房里仍然有用。
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记忆窍门：把 purpose 拆成 pur + pose，想象自己“摆出（pose）”一个目标，下定决心去打算、去做。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、正式演讲或文章、正式公告 purpose 作动词时通常用于正式语体，多出现在书面语或正式演讲中，表示“打算、旨在”，口语中较少使用。
发音完全押韵的常用词很少；porpoise、campus、octopus 与它末尾非重读音节 /pəs/ 相同，但重读元音不同，不构成完美押韵。purse 和 nurse 与它的重读元音 /ɝ/ 相同。注意拼写以 -ose 结尾的词如 pose 读作 /poʊz/，与 purpose 的 /pəs/ 不同。
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