Did you come to Paris for the purpose of seeing your family, or for business purposes?
你到巴黎来是为了和家人团聚呢,还是为了办公事?
I wouldn't go to London for the mere purpose of buying a new tie.
我不会只为买一条新领带而去伦敦。
He came here for the purpose of borrowing money from you.
他特地来这里是向你借钱。
He would not sell them because he wanted to keep them for purposes of comparison.
他不愿卖掉它们,因为他想把它们留下来作比较用。
I'm sure nobody shot Jack on purpose.
我确信没人故意射伤杰克。
“Did you break it accidentally?” “No, on purpose.”
“你是无意中损坏的吗?”“不,是故意的。”
She seems to do these things on purpose.
她似乎是有意做这些事情的。
“I'm sorry I stepped on your toe; it was an accident.” “It wasn't! You did it on purpose.”
“对不起,我踩了你的脚趾了,我不是故意的。”“不,你是存心踩的。”
on purpose to-vI came here on purpose to see you.
我特地来这里看你。
He had gone there on purpose to see what happened.
他特地去那里看发生了什么事。
He came here on purpose to discuss it with you.
他来这儿是要与你讨论这事的。
My purpose in writng the book purpose.
I purpose giving/to give the committee all the details.
我决定把细节都告诉委员会。
We purpose that such disasters shall not occur again.
我们决意不让悲剧重演。