To all intents and purposes he was my father.

他实际上可以称得上是我的父亲。

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The two items are, to all intents and purposes, identical.

这两件物品几乎完全一样。

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By 1981 the docks had, to all intents and purposes, closed.

到1981年，这些码头几乎等于关闭了。

《牛津词典》

The inner electrons are so tightly bound that they are for all intents and purposes, immobilized when it comes to reactivity.

内部电子被紧紧地束缚着,因此无论怎样，当进行反应时，它都是固定的。

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And then, it's, for all intents and purposes, falls to zero.

然后，无论如何，它会降到。

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As you may know, there's yet another organization where we could group this in units of four but for all intents and purposes-- there are a few nuances to it-- four is simply a multiplication of two.

也许你知道的,还有另外一种组织方式,我们可以四拍一组,但是不论出于什么动机或者目的,这其中的区别甚微,四拍就是两拍的简单相乘

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Through the centuries the Chitral Gol was to all intents and purposes a hunting reserve.

BBC: Snow Leopard Diary

But to all intents and purposes, they are black boxes -- massively corrupt, completely unaccountable and poorly managed.

CNN: The price of our oil addiction

The bill extended what was to all intents and purposes an amnesty both to paramilitary fugitives and soldiers and police officers.

BBC: An avalanche of debate