serve no purpose

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serve no purpose (Englisch)[Bearbeiten]

Verb[Bearbeiten]

Zeitform Person Wortform
simple present I, you, they serve no purpose
he, she, it serves no purpose
simple past   served no purpose
present participle   serving no purpose
past participle   served no purpose

Worttrennung:

to serve no pur·pose

Aussprache:

IPA: []
Hörbeispiele:

Bedeutungen:

[1] nutzlos sein, keinen Zweck haben

Beispiele:

[1] In the United States, where women of fashion demand delivery on items no heavier than a powderpuff, they serve no purpose other than decoration.[1]
[1] The forms of living things are purposeful; the forms of non-living things serve no purpose, there is no particular end to be served by them. The forms of crystals are not haphazard, they are predetermined, and yet they serve no purpose.[2]

Übersetzungen[Bearbeiten]

Quellen:

  1. Pockets for no purpose are fashion's newest decoration, in Life (22 Januar 1940)
  2. John Burroughs, The writings of John Burroughs, Volume 19, Seite 237