purse
1細|
轰隆作响；轰鸣着移动：a purring engine轰隆作响的发
动机0 The car purred away.汽车咕隆着开走了u 3 to
speak in a low and gentle voice, for example to show you are happy or
satisfied, or because you want to attract sb or get them to do sth (愉快或it意地）低& 柔和地讲话；轻声招呼：[V] He ■ was
purring with satis/ac- tion.他满足地轻声低语。[also V speech] ► purr (also purring) noun [sing.]： the purr 〇/a ca.t/a car engine 猫 .发出的呼噜声r汽车发动机的隆隆声
handbag [NAmEalso purse)
.手提包
purse
/p3：s; NAmEj>3：rsl noun, verb m noun 1 [C] (especially Br£) a small bag made of
leather, plastic, etc. for carrying coins and often also paper money, cards,
etc” Used especially by women 钱运，'皮
夹子' f 尤指女用的。)_ : I took a coin out of
iny purse and gave 〖fto the chiW.我从钱包取出一枚硬兩给_个小孩。 -^compare change
purse, wallet 2
[C] (AMmf)
SYNONYMS同义词辨析
purpose
aim ♦ intention ♦ plan ♦ point ♦ idea
These are all
words for talking about what sb/sth intends to do or achieve.以名各词均指意图、目的.、罕标。 purpose what sth is supposed to achieve;
what sb is trying to achieve 指貝的、自:标：Our campaign’s main purpose/i to ra/’se woney•我们活刼昶圭姜目的i: 募款。
aim what sb is trying to achieve; what
sth is supposed to achieve 指目标、目:的：She went to
是增加在欧洲的销售量。
PURPOSE
OR AIM?用 purpose
还是 aim
?
Your purpose for doing something is your reason
for doing it; your aim is
what you want to achieve. Aim can
suggest that you are only trying to achieve sth; purpose gives a stronger sense of achievement
being certain.
Aim can be sb's aim or the aim of sth. Purpose is more usually the purpose of sth: you can talk about sb's pwrpo父 but that is.more formaU
purpose 指做幕事的
原因，aim指要达到的目的。aim可以指尝试达到目的，
purpose含有要成就某事的强烈感觉。，aim可指某人的目
的（sb’s aim )，也可也某事的目的（the aim. of sth ).， purpose 更常指做某_.的.(. the purpose of sth ■也
可指某人的.目的（sb’s purpose丨'，但这样用较正式。
intention.what.you intend to do 指打算划、：意
..图：I have no intention of going.to
the wedding.?我无意 法参加婚礼:。為:<> S 心’s/w// o/go<w/ /wfenf/om 办 wf f/iey /we/y wor/f owf.她虽然处4出于善意却很少产生
效果。 ■
p慑all what you intend to do or achieve 揩计划、打算：
’.■There
0re加 p/ans
to few/W new o/f/ces.'现在每有逢新■办
'公楼的计划。
=handbag B [sing.] the amount of money that is available to a person, an
organization or a government to spend 资财源； '备用款：We have hoiidays to. suk every purse.我们有适合不同消费计划的度假安排。〇
Should
spending on the arts be met out of the public purse (= from government money)?.花在史术活动的开
支应该由政府支付吗？ 4 [C]
(spo/t体）a sum of money given as
a prize in a boxing match (拳.击赛的）奖4 IT»T!fil see silk
■
verb [VN] ~ your lips
to
form your lips into a small tight round shape, for example to show disapproval 撅嘴.
撮起嘴唇（以表示反对等）
purser
/'p3：sa(r); NAmE 'p3：rs-/ noun an officer on a ship who
is responsible for taking care of the passengers, and for the accounts (轮船上的）事务长 the 'purse strings noun [pi.] a way of referring
to money and how it'is controlled or spent 资金（或支 .出）.< 的管理：Who hoZds the purse strings in your ,house?..你们家里谁管钱?The...government vWM have to tfghten the purse strings (= spend
less).政府将不得不 紧缩开亥。
pur-su-ance /pa'sjuians; NAmE par'su:-/ noun IRB1 in pursuance of
sth {formal or law #) in order to do sth;
in the process of doing sth 为了在''…泣择中They may need to borrow money in pursuance of their
legal action.他们在诉讼过程中，可能需要借贷。
pursu*ant /pa'sjuient; NAmE par'su:-/ adj. ~ to sth
{formal or law W) according to or
following sth, espe- cially a rule or law依照，根据，按照(尤指规则或法
.律.）H77I IN ACCORDANCE WITH
pur*SUe /pa'sju:; NAmEpar'su:/ verb {formal)
1
[VN] to do sth or try to achieve sth over a period of time追求；致力于;成行；贯彻：to pursue a goal/an
afm/an objective追求目标；贯彻宗旨；实现目标owe intend to pursue this policy with
determination. ^
.备坚决贯兩这项政策。◊ She wishes to pursue a meciicaZ career. 4 * 望众 _ 医学 HI作。2 to，continue to discuss,
INTENTION
OR PLAN?用 intention 还是 plan ?
Your intentions are
what you vyant to do, especially in the near future; your plans are what you
have decided or arranged to do, often, but not always, in the longer term. *
intention尤指近期的行算、意图；plan通常隹 木总甚指较长远的计划、安排。
.poinl(rafher /n/〇A7??fl/)
the purpose or aim of sth 指意-- 图、目的、理由:Whafs the point of all this
violence? 这些暴行的意 _何在？ ◊ 77je
po/'/it 〇/ fhe /esson /s to coArjpflre f/je two
cow/?t/VeSi..本课的.目:的是比较这两个..；
国家。
idea (raf/w./n/om7fl/) the
purpose of sth; sb’s aim 指._ 的、意'图：The whole idea of going was so
that we cowW
meef her new boy/r/eni.我们去的唯一 g的就是要 见她的新男朋发。、◊ W/jflf’s f/?e /defl beh/nc/ 叻/s?这i背
后的意图是什么？
POINT
OR IDEA?用 point 还是 idea ?
Point is a more
negative word than idea. If you say What's the point .；. ?you are suggesting that there is no
point; if you say What's the idea ... ?you are genuinely asking a
question. Point, but not idea, is used to
talk about things you feel annoyed or unhappy about.
*
point 比 idea
有更多■■的杏邊孝义：what’s the poiiit 暗指毫充意义；what’s the idea…？用于真正询问目的。
用point而非idea表示对所谈论的事情感到不快：
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
■
with the purpose/aim/intention/idea of doing sth
■
sb's intention/plan to do sth
■
a(n) ambitious/realistic aim/plan
■
to have a(n)
purpose/aim/intention/plan/point
to achieve/fulfil a(n) purpose/aim