But it does have an important purpose; it is sort of like the plastic tip on each end of a shoelace.

但它确实有一个重要的目的。它有点像鞋带两端的塑料头。

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If it is hard enough to define a team's membership, agreeing on its purpose is harder still.

如果光是确定团队成员就这么困难，使成员达成一致意见的目标就更难了。

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Whether the homework is good or bad depends on the purpose of it.

家庭作业的好坏取决于其目的。

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With so much concern over the swine flu, it is hard to believe anyone would want to get it on purpose.

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It has its own purpose, which is not a purpose that has any bearing necessarily on anything else.

事物自己存在的目的,与其它无关。

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6% It is over 16% and on the purpose and basis what do we spend?

超过了%,那么具体来说,我们到底花了多少钱？

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Well it is partially on purpose and partially on accident.

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Today, the role of the firm is not so much to direct work as much as it is to focus on passion and purpose.

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It can escape accidentally, through broken pipes, valves or other equipment, or be let out on purpose, when it is vented or not fully burnt during flaring.

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