1、purpose

意义；用途

The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies.

那次活动是为筹集资金购买医药物资。

Various insurance schemes already exist for this purpose.

已经有各种保险计划可以实现这一目的。

目标；目的

They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose.

为达成自己的目的，他们说不定已经做好了伤害你的准备。

His purpose was to make a profit by improving the company's performance.

他的目标是通过提高公司的业绩来实现盈利。

实际上

For all practical purposes the treaty has already ceased to exist.

实际上协议已经不复存在。

To all intents and purposes the case was closed.

实际上该案已经了结了。

2、remind

使想起;使记起;提醒

So she simply welcomed him and reminded him of the last time they had met.

于是她只是对他表示欢迎，并且提醒说他们上次见过面。

I had to remind myself that being confident is not the same as being perfect!

我得提醒自己表现得自信和表现得完美并不是一回事！

提醒(某人做某事);使想起(做某事)

Can you remind me to buy a bottle of Martini?

你能提醒我买一瓶马提尼酒吗？

The note was to remind him about something he had to explain to one of his students.

这张字条是要提醒他得向他的一个学生解释某件事情。

(因为相似)使联想到

She reminds me of the wife of the pilot who used to work for you.

她让我想到过去为你工作的飞行员的妻子。

This reminds me of Christmas parties.

这让我想起圣诞聚会。