Emily drops the water on purpose.

艾米丽是故意洒水的。

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I'm sure you didn't do it on purpose and it can't be helped.

我肯定你不是故意这样做的，这也是没办法的事。

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He did it on purpose, knowing it would annoy her.

他明知会激怒她，却故意那么做。

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Some divers interfere with sharks on purpose.

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This is on purpose, because one of the things I hope you have learned to do this semester, is look up things you don't know, and figure out what they do. What they mean.

我举这个程序是有目的的，因为我希望你们这续期能学到,如何去查找你不知道的东西并，且弄懂它,们是干什么的，是什么意思。

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And again, a related problem that people run into is side-effects. You call a function and it returns a value, but maybe it, on purpose or on accident, modifies one of the actual parameters.

另外，一个人们常碰到的相关问题,就是副作用，你调用一个函数它返回一个值,但是故意或者无意的,它可能会修改一个实参的值。

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This is just one of many outcomes that happens when you hire on purpose.

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But in many instances, we leave people out of the loop on purpose, strategically.

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After all, those who constantly talk of war sometimes trigger it, accidentally or on purpose.

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