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purposefully + verb
此位置强调动作是有意为之。
She purposefully chose a career in medicine.
她有目的地选择了医生这个职业。
有目的地；自觉地
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有目的地；自觉地
in a purposeful manner
She purposefully chose a career in medicine.
她有目的地选择了医生这个职业。
坚定地；果断地。
In a purposeful (“resolute, determined”) manner: resolutely, determinedly.
故意地；有意地；蓄意地。
In a purposeful (“intentional”) manner: intentionally, on purpose, purposely, deliberately.
The teacher walked purposefully to the front of the classroom.
老师有目的地走到教室前面。
He purposefully placed the keys on the table so everyone could see them.
他有意识地把钥匙放在桌上，以便每个人都能看到。
They purposefully saved money every month for their trip.
他们每月有目的地存钱，为旅行做准备。
此位置强调动作是有意为之。
She purposefully chose a career in medicine.
她有目的地选择了医生这个职业。
句末位置强调动作方式坚定而有目的。
He walked purposefully to the front of the room.
他目的明确地走到房间前面。
His answer was purposefully vague.
他的回答故意含糊其辞。
Not this
She walked purposeful to the door.
Use this
She walked purposefully to the door.
修饰动词 walk 不能用形容词 purposeful，必须用副词 purposefully。汉语的“有目的地”修饰动作时，英文也要用副词。
Not this
She purposefully broke the vase.
Use this
She purposely broke the vase.
这句话想表达“她故意打破了花瓶”，应使用 purposely（故意地）或 on purpose；purposefully 表示“坚定地、有目的地”，并不表示“故意”。
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步履坚定地走；有目的地走
She walked purposefully into the meeting room.
她步履坚定地走进会议室。
故意无视；有意忽略
He purposefully ignored the criticism from his colleagues.
他故意无视同事们的批评。
有意选择；刻意挑选
The team purposefully chose a simple design for the logo.
团队有意为标志选择了一个简洁的设计。
刻意回避；有意避免
She purposefully avoided any mention of the accident.
她刻意回避提及那起事故。
明确地出发；有目的地开始行动
They purposefully set out to change the way the company works.
他们明确地着手改变公司的工作方式。
故意放慢的；有意缓慢的
The driver was purposefully slow so that the children could cross safely.
司机故意开得很慢，好让孩子们安全过马路。
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联想 purpose（目的）+ fully（满满地）：心中装满目的，做事自然自觉、有方向。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交流、书面表达 该词表示‘有目的地、自觉地’，口语和书面语中都比较常见，没有明显正式或随意之分；可根据具体语境自然使用。
None of the listed words rhymes exactly with purposefully /ˈpɜːrpəsfəli/. The four words ending in -fully (carefully, beautifully, successfully, peacefully) share only the unstressed suffix /fəli/, and their stressed vowels and following consonants differ. Beware of purposely /ˈpɜːrpəsli/, which looks similar but drops the /f/, and supposedly /səˈpoʊzɪdli/, which has an -edly ending and a different stress pattern.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.