他们的目的是募集100万美元以使无家可归者不再流浪街头。

Their aim is to raise a million dollars to get the homeless off the streets.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

他们的目的是封锁游击队的供给线。

Their aim was to block guerrilla supply lines.

《牛津词典》

他们的目的是裁决雇主与雇员之间的纠纷。

Their purpose is to adjudicate disputes between employers and employees.

《牛津词典》

We're going to talk about the emotions, why they exist, what they're there for, and how they work.

我们开始谈论情感，为什么他们存在，目的如何，如何工作。

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If you want it to take a so-called argument or a parameter, there's a subtle semantic distinction between arguments and parameter, but for all intents and purposes, they're the same thing.

如果你想要你的函数携带参数或,参量，这里有一个微妙的语义差别在,参数和参量之中，但是为了所有的意图,和目的，他们作用是一样的。

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The brothers desire to hear justice praised for itself alone, and that seems to be expressive of their own freedom from mercenary motives and incentives.

这对兄弟档,想听到正义自我礼赞，这似乎也显露出,他们不受金钱目的,及奖励约束的自由。

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