詞彙精選：on purpose的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

phr.

並非偶然地，故意地

例句：

I didn't do it on purpose - it was an accident.

我不是故意的，那完全是個意外。

例句：

If you joke with him he'll think you're insulting him on purpose.

如果你同他開玩笑，他就會認爲你在故意侮辱他。

特地，特有的目的

例句：

I‘ve come on purpose to speak to you.

我特意過來跟你談談。

例句：

I assure you I came here on purpose to meet you.

我向你保證，我是特意來見你的。

二、詞義辨析：

deliberately,on purpose

上述用作副詞的詞和詞組均有“有意地、故意地”之意。deliberately指經過深思熟慮後而行事。on purpose側重所作所爲具有特殊目的。

三、參考例句：

She did it on purpose, of course.

她當然是故意那樣做的。

I‘ve come on purpose to speak to you.

我特意過來跟你談談。

But I have had to learn to listen on purpose.

但是我不得不學習如何有目的性的傾聽。

I assure you I came here on purpose to meet you.

我向你保證，我是特意來見你的。

He flawed his article on purpose to try the editor's level of literature.

他故意把文章寫的很差來試試編輯的文學水平。

Was it an accident or did David do it on purpose?

是意外還是戴維故意所爲？

I didn't do it on purpose - it was an accident.

我不是故意的，那完全是個意外。

You make it sound as if I did it on purpose!

你的話聽起來好像我是有意那麼做的！

The name is a bit of a giveaway because, just as it sounds, Silly Putty wasn't invented on purpose!

這個名字聽起來有點兒像贈品，因爲它是人們無意中發明的。

Whether you're dealing with a drama queen who's doing it on purpose, or an inconsiderate oaf whose rudeness is unintentional, keep your dignity intact by not letting rude behavior provoke you into a tantrum of your own.

不管對方是故意無理取鬧的刁蠻女，還是無意莽撞的馬大哈，都請維持好你的尊嚴，不要受粗俗言行干擾而勃然動怒。