on purpose

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介词短语
  1. By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately. idiomatic
    — That wasn't an accident! You did it on purpose!
  2. In order to (do something); with the objective that. archaic
    — Blifil bowed and stammered, and looked like a fool; but Western, without giving him time to form a speech for the purpose, answered, “Well, well, I am to blame, if you will, I always am, certainly; but come, let the girl be fetched back again, or let Mr Blifil go to her.——He’s come up on purpose, and there is no time to be lost.”
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