to all intents and purposes

短语

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发音

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别名

for all intents and purposes

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.

    习语

    To all intents and purposes the case is closed.

    This treaty is to all intents and purposes no longer viable.

词源

1500s, English law, originally “to all intents, constructions, and purposes” (found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547).

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