Word · Frequency #655
purposed
打算;意图;旨在
purposed is the past of purpose.
To have something as one's aim or intention; to intend or plan.
- 1.
To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
以...为目的;决心;打算;计划
- 2.
To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean.
意欲;打算;意图;意指
以...为目的;决心;打算;计划;意欲;打算;意图;意指;意欲;企图;计划
In use
She purposed to finish the project by Friday.
He is purposing to start a new business next year.
They purpose to travel around the world after retirement.
Verb forms
base purpose · third person purposes · -ing purposing · past purposed · past participle purposed
Regular verb: purpose.
Connections
Collocations
- purpose to do something
- 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。
- be purposed to do something
- 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。
- purpose that + clause
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- on purpose
- 故意地;有意地She broke the vase on purpose.她故意打碎了花瓶。
- to all intents and purposes
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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