英语词汇“to good purpose”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to purpose: so as to secure the result or effect desired; in an effective manner, effectively. Now chiefly in to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose: to good (great, some, little, no, etc.) effect; with a (good, etc.) result.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > efficacious [phrase]

unto purposea1387

of availc1450

to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525

to (the) purpose1525

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase]

in (or on) idlenessc825

in (earlier on, an) idlec1000

in idleshipa1250

in vaina1300

over tomeheda1300

(all) for noughtc1300

in waste1340

in deveyn(ec1400

to little availc1450

without availc1450

in fruster1488

to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525

for nothing1560

sans fail1597

for vaina1616

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. ccxxi^v/1 It is a fayre countre and shall come to you to good purpose [Fr. vous viendra a point], for it marcheth nere to the Realme of Arragone.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxvij^v In hys opynion a generall counsel shuld be to little porpos.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 127 It was not the great multitude of ships..that could stande them to purpose, against noble harts.

1587 J. White Fourth Voy. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 765 It was to no purpose to touch there in any place, at this voyage.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋6 These..were worthily and to great purpose compiled together by Origen.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 411 Yet perchance he may get some almes of learning..but nothing to purpose.

1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 132 I wrote a letter to the best purpose I could.

1718 Free-thinker No. 59. 1 His Letter may be made Publick to Good Purpose.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 169 To snatch the cudgels..to bemawl Yorick to some purpose.

1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne vii. 129 I used to insist on this..but..to no purpose.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 230 Another young draughtsman in Florence, who lessoned me to purpose.

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ii. 22 It seemed to me that young Bingo must have boosted me to some purpose.

1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 July 769/1 Rousseau's writings, which Starobinski knows so well and has already discussed to such admirable purpose.

2002 C. D. Ringwald Soul of Recovery x. 243 An addict must become who he or she really is in order to live to good purpose.

单词	to good purpose
释义	> as lemmas to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose c. to purpose: so as to secure the result or effect desired; in an effective manner, effectively. Now chiefly in to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose: to good (great, some, little, no, etc.) effect; with a (good, etc.) result. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > efficacious [phrase] unto purposea1387 of availc1450 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 to (the) purpose1525 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. ccxxi^v/1 It is a fayre countre and shall come to you to good purpose [Fr. vous viendra a point], for it marcheth nere to the Realme of Arragone. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxvij^v In hys opynion a generall counsel shuld be to little porpos. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 127 It was not the great multitude of ships..that could stande them to purpose, against noble harts. 1587 J. White Fourth Voy. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 765 It was to no purpose to touch there in any place, at this voyage. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋6 These..were worthily and to great purpose compiled together by Origen. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 411 Yet perchance he may get some almes of learning..but nothing to purpose. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 132 I wrote a letter to the best purpose I could. 1718 Free-thinker No. 59. 1 His Letter may be made Publick to Good Purpose. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 169 To snatch the cudgels..to bemawl Yorick to some purpose. 1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne vii. 129 I used to insist on this..but..to no purpose. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 230 Another young draughtsman in Florence, who lessoned me to purpose. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ii. 22 It seemed to me that young Bingo must have boosted me to some purpose. 1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 July 769/1 Rousseau's writings, which Starobinski knows so well and has already discussed to such admirable purpose. 2002 C. D. Ringwald Soul of Recovery x. 243 An addict must become who he or she really is in order to live to good purpose. extracted from purposen. < as lemmas
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