purposes

A ballpoint pen is adequate for most ordinary purposes.

原珠笔适合最普通的用途。

It is an elaborate project that answers many purposes.

这一项适用于多方面需要的精心完成的设计。

"Did you come to Paris for the purpose of simple leisure, or for business purposes?"

"你到巴黎来的目的纯粹为了闲,还为了做生意?"

He purposes to write the history of India.

他意欲撰写印度史。

Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes since antiquity.

大麻自远古以来就被作为药用。

The work is, to all intents and purposes, finished.

那项工作实际上已经完成了。

The money is to be used for specific purposes.

这笔钱有专门用途。

They felt that all the regularities in nature have a purpose.

他们感到自然界一切有规律的事物均有目的性。

Some people are rather dim about the purposes of their lives.

有些人稀里糊涂, 不知他们生活的目的。

The revised edition is to all intents and purposes a new book.

修订本实际上一本新书。

If you have a definite purpose in mind, get to the point promptly.

如果你心里有明确的意图, 就干脆说出来。

The cost of these two trips can be lumped together for tax purposes.

这两次旅行的费用可合在一起报税。

That is irrelevant; we must keep the main purpose of this meeting in sight.

那毫不相干, 我们要牢牢记住这次会议的主要目的。

The fighting has stopped, so to all intents and purposes, the war is over.

战斗停止了，可以说战争实际上结束了。

This object serves no visible purpose.

这东西看不出有用处。

My sole purpose is to help you.

我唯一的目的帮助你。

God has allowed suffering, even purposed it.

上帝已经容许苦难的存在，甚至有意为之。

The book is valuable for my purpose.

这本书对我很有用。

Thirty dollars will be ample for the purpose.

有30美元足够用了。

We should speculate about the purpose of life.

我们应该想想人生的目的。