Some capable speakers give speeches with no purpose except to fill the time slot.

有些能力不错的人，演讲的目的仅仅就是帮大家打发时间。

youdao

It is as if they have no purpose in mind except to see who could climb higher.

彷佛没有其它目的，只是要看谁能爬得高一点。

youdao

It seemed to be utterlv without purpose in my life, except to mortify me when I became aroused during bed baths.

除了在浴缸里性唤起的时候禁欲，我的生活似乎全然没有目的。

youdao

That's probably not a sensible proposal except for the purpose of illustrating the arbitrariness of the CBO approach.

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