词汇精选：on purpose的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

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并非偶然地，故意地

例句：

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

我不是故意的，那完全是个意外。

例句：

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

如果你同他开玩笑，他就会认为你在故意侮辱他。

特地，特有的目的

例句：

I‘ve come on purpose to speak to you.

我特意过来跟你谈谈。

例句：

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

我向你保证，我是特意来见你的。

二、词义辨析：

deliberately,on purpose

上述用作副词的词和词组均有“有意地、故意地”之意。deliberately指经过深思熟虑后而行事。on purpose侧重所作所为具有特殊目的。

三、参考例句：

She did it on purpose, of course.

她当然是故意那样做的。

I‘ve come on purpose to speak to you.

我特意过来跟你谈谈。

But I have had to learn to listen on purpose.

但是我不得不学习如何有目的性的倾听。

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

我向你保证，我是特意来见你的。

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

他故意把文章写的很差来试试编辑的文学水平。

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

是意外还是戴维故意所为？

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

我不是故意的，那完全是个意外。

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

你的话听起来好像我是有意那么做的！

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

这个名字听起来有点儿像赠品，因为它是人们无意中发明的。

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.

不管对方是故意无理取闹的刁蛮女，还是无意莽撞的马大哈，都请维持好你的尊严，不要受粗俗言行干扰而勃然动怒。