Organizations typically have a very clear picture of what purpose a portal should serve.

组织对于门户所应具有的用途通常是非常明确的。

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But with one of Toshiba's new drives, you can junk or re-purpose a printer without worry-the data is secured when the plug is pulled.

但有了东芝的新型硬盘，当你丢弃或转卖打印机时就不必担心，因为数据已经在拔掉插座时就保护好了。

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All communication systems serve a purpose, a pragmatic function of some sort.

所有的通信系统都有一个目的，某种实用的功能。

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A North Carolina lawyer named Phil Evans organized a group called the First Colony Foundation to raise money for this purpose.

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He has a clear purpose and he retains control throughout the story.

在整个故事中，上帝一直有很明确的目的，能控制局面。

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In the first lecture, I talked about a lot of things, but one theme that comes to my mind is the theme of the moral purpose and mission of the finance community.

第一课里，我讲了很多东西，但中心主旨,就是金融界的道德目标和使命。

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By Americans of every faith, and no faith, uniting around a common purpose, a higher purpose.

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"They served their purpose a few years back but simply lost their luster over time, " admits Lisa Gory, the hotel's director of sales and marketing.

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But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose.

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