英和和英

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名詞

1

An object; a purpose; an aim; an end; an intention; a view

用例

• 僕は経世家になる目的だ
  I intend to be a statesman.

• 君は何になる目的か
  What are you going to be?
• 本会の目的は英語を実習するにあり
  The society has for its object the practising of the English language.
• 人生の目的は何か
  What is the end and aim of existence?
• 報酬は我輩の目的にあらず
  Emolument is no object with me.
• 当初の目的を忘れるな
  Do not lose sight of the original object!
• 当初の目的を忘れたことが無い
  I have ever kept my object in view.
• （あの人は時々来るが）何目的があって来るのかしら
  I wonder what he is after.
• 君の来る目的は知っている
  I know what you are after.
• 君は秘密を探るのが目的だろう
  You are after secrets, are you not?
• 一定の目的
  a definite purpose
• あれまでは決まった目的無く勉強しておった
  Up to that time, I had been studying without any definite purpose.
• 彼は目的無く徘徊している
  He wanders about aimlessly.
• それは目的外だ
  That is beside the purpose―aside from the purpose.
• 高尚な目的
  a noble aim
  a high purpose
  a lofty purpose
• 遠大な目的
  far-reaching aims
• 彼は遠大な目的をもって働く
  He works with an eye to the future.
• 彼は目的が高い
  He aims high―looks high.

2

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• 目的を立てる
  to propose an object to oneself―set an object before one

• 人はいったん目的を立てた以上はあくまでこれを貫徹する決心を持たなければならぬ
  Once you set an object before you, you must be determined to carry it through to the end.

3

用例

• 何を目的とする
  to aim at anything―have something for one's object

• 青年は栄達を目的とすべし
  Young men should aim at distinction.
• 教師と生徒は目的とするところを異にする
  The teacher and student aim at different things
  They are at cross purposes.
• 本校の目的とするところは実用英語を教えるにあり
  The school has for its object the instruction of Practical English.

4

用例

• 目的を達する
  （終局の目的なら）to attain one's object―（その場の目的なら）―gain one's end―secure one's ends―（意見を通すの意味なら）―carry one's point―（軽く言えば）―get there

• 修業に来る者はたんさんあるが目的を達する者は少ない
  Many students come in pursuit of knowledge, but few attain their objects.
• まあ目的を達したからよい
  We have gained our end―carried our point―and so far so good.
• 彼は内々目的があって人を賞めるのだ
  He praises people to gain some private ends―with some end in view.
• 大望の目的を達する
  to reach the goal of one's ambition
• 出世の目的を達する
  to win a prize of life
• 出世の目的
  the prizes of life
• 目的を達する手段
  a means to the end
• 目的と手段とを誤る
  to mistake the means for the end
• 金そのものを愛するは目的と手段を誤ったものである
  To love money for itself is to confound the means with the end.
• 目的は手段を神聖にす（嘘も方便）
  The end sanctifies the means―the end justifies the means.
• 遊戯は娯楽と運動の二重の目的を達するものである
  Games and sports serve the double purpose of amusement and exercise.

5

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• 目的を遂げる
  to accomplish one's purpose―effect one's purpose―realize one's purpose

• どんなことをしても（万難を排して）目的を遂げる決心だ
  I will accomplish my purpose at any cost
  Nothing shall hinder me from accomplishing my purpose.
• 彼は必ず目的を遂げる
  He is sure to accomplish his purpose
  He never fails to accomplish his purpose
  He never fails of his purpose.

6

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• 目的に叶う
  to answer the purpose

• これだけ金があれば目的に叶う（間に合う）
  The sum will answer the purpose―serve my turn―do （the business）

7

• 目的をはずす
  to miss one's aim―miss one's object

8

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• 何々の目的をもって
  for the purpose of doing something―（はすたれかかった言い方、今は）―（in order） to do something―with the object of doing something―with the intention of doing something―with the idea of doing something―with the view of doing something―with a view to（doing） something―with an eye to something―（法律では）―with intent to do something

• 彼はどういう目的で洋行したのか
  For what purpose has he gone abroad?―（は古い形、今は）―What has he gone abroad for?
• 僕は英語研究の目的をもって上京したのだ
  I have come to town（in order） to study English―with the object of studying English―with the intention of studying English―with the view of studying English―with the idea of studying English.
• 彼は泰西の文物を研究する目的で洋行した
  He went abroad with the view of studying things Western―with a view to studying things Western.
• 彼は特待生になる目的で勉強している
  He is working hard with a view to scholarship―with an eye to scholarship.
• （僕は洋行しようと思って）その目的で金をためている
  I am saving money for the purpose―to that end.
• 彼は家族に楽をさせるのが目的で働くのだ
  He works hard （in order） that his family may live in comfort―（to the end） that his family may live in comfort.
• 彼は金を詐取せんとする目的で借りたものだ
  He borrowed the money with intent to defraud his creditor.