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

b. to one's purpose: useful or serviceable for one's purpose or ends.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > useful [phrase]

of (‥) utilityc1440

to one's purpose1565

of use?1591

c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 606 It cam hym to purpos for to reste.]

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare ii. 148 Neither was it any thinge to his purpose, to speake of it.

1630 in tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A iij^v Tis to his purpose sometimes to deliver you the situation of the Countrey he discourses upon.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 10 Mar. (1976) IX. 478 Looking over the books there;..[I] did find several things to my purpose.

1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 42. ⁋7 Caesar's Observation upon our Fore-fathers is very much to our present purpose.

1770 W. Hamilton Let. 16 Oct. in Observ. Vesuvius (1772) 126 I lately found two very good accounts of the phænomena that attended the explosion... I think them very curious, and greatly to my purpose.

1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 96 He had only to shut his eyes to behold a creature far more to his purpose than the poor girl who stood posturing at forty sous an hour.

1948 W. Bagehot Physics & Politics v.107 The peculiarity is not to my present purpose. My point is that there is no spreading impetus in progress thus caused.

1991 J. Mander In Absence of Sacred iv. xx. 364 More to our purposes perhaps is the situation of the Sami people.

单词	to one's purpose
释义	> as lemmas to one's purpose b. to one's purpose: useful or serviceable for one's purpose or ends. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > useful [phrase] of (‥) utilityc1440 to one's purpose1565 of use?1591 c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 606 It cam hym to purpos for to reste.] 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare ii. 148 Neither was it any thinge to his purpose, to speake of it. 1630 in tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A iij^v Tis to his purpose sometimes to deliver you the situation of the Countrey he discourses upon. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 10 Mar. (1976) IX. 478 Looking over the books there;..[I] did find several things to my purpose. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 42. ⁋7 Caesar's Observation upon our Fore-fathers is very much to our present purpose. 1770 W. Hamilton Let. 16 Oct. in Observ. Vesuvius (1772) 126 I lately found two very good accounts of the phænomena that attended the explosion... I think them very curious, and greatly to my purpose. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 96 He had only to shut his eyes to behold a creature far more to his purpose than the poor girl who stood posturing at forty sous an hour. 1948 W. Bagehot Physics & Politics v.107 The peculiarity is not to my present purpose. My point is that there is no spreading impetus in progress thus caused. 1991 J. Mander In Absence of Sacred iv. xx. 364 More to our purposes perhaps is the situation of the Sami people. extracted from purposen. < as lemmas
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