having a useful purpose; acting with a clear aim and with determination 目的明确的;有目的的;目标清晰而坚定的 Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要一环。 She looked purposeful and determined. 她看来目标明确,意志坚定。 It is only in the past 20 years that this data has been gathered in any purposeful way. 只是在过去的20年里,这些数据是以任何有目的的方式收集的。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPurposeful is used with these nouns:- stride
- work