bezwecken

v/t aim at (bringing about); Person: auch have s.th. in mind; Sache: auch have as its object; was bezweckt er mit seinem Besuch? what’s the aim (oder object) of his visit?; was bezweckst du damit? what do you hope (oder are you trying) to achieve by that?; was soll das bezwecken? what’s the point of that (meant to be)?

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be|zwẹ|cken [bə'tsvɛkn] ptp bezwe\#ckt

vt

to aim at; (Regelung, Maßnahme auch) to have as its object

etw mit etw bezwecken (Mensch) — to intend sth by sth

das bezweckt doch gar nichts — that doesn't get you anywhere (at all)

was soll das bezwecken? — what's the point of that?

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be·zwe·cken *

[bəˈtsvɛkn̩]

vt

1. (bewirken)

▪ etw/nichts [bei jdm] \bezwecken to achieve sth/nothing [with sb]

Ermahnungen \bezwecken [bei ihr] gar nichts mehr warnings don't have any effect [on her] any more

2. (beabsichtigen)

▪ etw [mit etw dat] \bezwecken to aim to achieve sth [with sth]

▪ etw \bezwecken to have sth as its object

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transitives Verb aim to achieve; aim at

was willst du damit bezwecken? — what do you expect to achieve by [doing] that?

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bezwecken v/t aim at (bringing about); Person: auch have sth in mind; Sache: auch have as its object;

was bezweckt er mit seinem Besuch? what’s the aim (oder object) of his visit?;

was bezweckst du damit? what do you hope (oder are you trying) to achieve by that?;

was soll das bezwecken? what’s the point of that (meant to be)?

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transitives Verb aim to achieve; aim at

was willst du damit bezwecken? — what do you expect to achieve by [doing] that?