purposeful

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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 adverbadv

He walked purposefully to his desk.

他径直走向自己的书桌。

—purposefulness noun [uncountableU]

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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.

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