purposeful
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pur·pose·ful /ˈpɜːpəsfəl $ ˈpɜːr-/ adjective DETERMINEDhaving a clear aim or purpose 有目的的，有明确目标的；坚决的，果断的 SYN determined OPP purposeless a purposeful and consistent foreign policy 明确而一贯的外交政策 a purposeful movement 目标明确的运动 —purposefully adverb He walked purposefully to his desk. 他径直走向自己的书桌。 —purposefulness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
purposeful• They make life meaningful and purposeful.• Think how time flies in periods of intense, purposeful activity.• Examples of purposeful and pleasurable uses of print should be displayed in classrooms, foyers and school libraries.• For young children, workbooks are often not purposeful enough.• Even an outsider felt it, the nervous excitement that translated into endless, purposeful motion.• The very act of looking or listening involves organized, purposeful movement patterns.• And sometimes no purposeful movements result, in which case we talk of deep coma.• Their eyes are yellow, their focus unsteady and their stride is either exaggeratedly purposeful or shambling.• This material forms the basis of planning for purposeful social work activity.pur·pose·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
having aim a or purpose clear Corpus
purposeful
pur‧pose‧ful /ˈpɜːpəsfəl $ ˈpɜːr-/
adjective
SYN determined
OPP purposeless:
a purposeful and consistent foreign policy
a purposeful movement
—purposefully adverb:
He walked purposefully to his desk.
—purposefulness noun [uncountable]
pur‧pose‧ful /ˈpɜːpəsfəl $ ˈpɜːr-/
adjective Word Family: noun: purpose, purposefulness ≠ purposelessness; adverb: purposefully ≠ purposelessly, purposely; adjective: purposeful ≠ purposeless
having a clear aim or purpose SYN determined
OPP purposeless:
—purposefully adverb:
—purposefulness noun [uncountable]