为了;以便;目的在于; （某人）要想…（必须）…
Oxford 3000
- The way that American history is taught may change in order to accommodate some more of those cultures.
美国历史的授课方式可能会为了照顾到更多的文化而作改变。 - They are deliberately flouting the law in order to obtain an advantage over their competitors
他们为了和竞争对手抢夺先机而公然无视法律。 - Sometimes we bend the truth a little in order to spare them the pain of the real facts.
有时我们会稍微变动一下事实，以免他们知道实情会太痛苦。 - I was told that in order to get benefit payments I would have to answer some questions.
我得知要领补助，就得回答一些问题。 - The guerrillas would fight to the bitter end, he said, in order to achieve their main goal.
他说，游击队员会为实现主要目标而战斗到底。 - The company agreed to keep up high levels of output in order to compensate for supplies lost
这家公司同意保持高产量以弥补供货丢失带来的缺口。 - Doctors examine their patients thoroughly in order to make a correct diagnosis.
为了作出准确的诊断，医生会对病人进行彻底的检查。 - But in order to maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance.
然而，为了保持确实有效的干预威胁，我们必须维持可靠的联盟。 - My friends endured tremendous danger in order to help me
为了帮助我，朋友们冒了极大的危险。 - We're not ready to disarm ourselves in order to make it easier for them to kill us.
我们可不准备放下武器，好让他们更轻易地干掉我们。 - He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。 - Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty.
为了摆脱贫困的煎熬，他们的祖父离开了村子。 - In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.
为安全起见，该元件作了电绝缘处理。 - In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output
为了获得最大利润，这家公司会把产量增至最大。 - His only explanation was that he must have brought them home in order to continue his work
他唯一的解释是，自己想必是为了继续工作而把它们带回家了。 - In order to take that job, you must have left another job
为得到那份工作，你肯定已辞去了另一份工作。 - The leather may need to be oiled every two to three weeks in order to retain its suppleness.
为了保持皮革的柔韧性，可能两三周就要上一次油。 - In order to survive the competition a company should be proactive not reactive
要在竞争中生存下来，公司不应该消极应变，而应当先发制人。 - 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。 - Some in the market now want government regulation in order to reduce costs.
现在一些市场人士希望政府实施调控，以降低成本。 - In order to maintain profit margins health and safety regulations are often put to one side.
为了保持利润率，常置卫生和安全规章于不顾。 - In order to reach this limit a number of technical problems will have to be solved.
要达到这个限度，还有很多技术问题必须解决。 - They have to have a basic understanding of computers in order to use the advanced technology.
要想利用先进技术，他们必须先对计算机有个基本的了解。 - This book was designed in order to provide a working knowledge of finance and accounts
本书旨在提供金融和会计方面的实用知识。 - The plant requires nitrogen in order to make proteins.
植物需要氮以便制造蛋白质。 - They are studying English in order to read Shakespeare in the original.
他们在攻读英语，以便能阅读莎士比亚原著。 - In order to ensure success we must have a complete and thorough plan.
为了保证成功，我们必须要有一个周密的计划。 - In order to catch up with and surpass the advanced world levels we'll have to accelerate our speed.
要赶超世界先进水平，我们还得快马加鞭。 - In order to transform their environment, he drew up the project with painstaking accuracy.
为了改造环境，他苦心孤诣地制订了这个计划。 - Constant vigilance is necessary in order to avoid accidents.
为了避免意外事故，必须经常保持警惕。