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purposes BrE /ˈpɜːpəsɪz/
NAmE /ˈpɜːr-/► SEE ALLbe/talk at cross purposesto all intents and purposesfor (all) practical purposes●be/talk at cross ˈpurposes (of two people or groups 两人或两个团体) misunderstand what the other is referring to or trying to do 各说各话；相互误解◆Mary and I spoke about Anne for a minute or two before I realized we were talking at cross purposes: I meant Anne Smith and Mary meant Anne Harris.我跟玛丽谈起安妮，聊了一会儿才意识到我们说的是两码事，我在说安妮 ∙ 史密斯，而她说的是安妮 ∙ 哈里斯。●to all intents and ˈpurposes (BrE) (NAmE for all intents and ˈpurposes) in almost every important way 几乎完全；差不多等于；实际上◆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。●for (all) ˈpractical purposesin actual fact; in reality 事实上；其实◆Your daughter does so little work at school, Mrs Brown, that for all practical purposes she might as well not be here at all.布朗太太，您的女儿在学校几乎不怎么学习，她实际上根本不用来上学了。 |