on purpose
故意地,特意
Pur·pose n.
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it. --Shak.
2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.]
3. Instance; example. [Obs.]
In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
Syn: -- design; end; intention; aim. See Design.
on purpose
adv : with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word
intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: intentionally,
deliberately, designedly, purposely, advisedly,
by choice, by design] [ant: by chance, unintentionally,
unintentionally]