The purposefulness and heady resolve that characterise most lawyers are attributes that executives, too, should cultivate.

大多数律师所特有的目标性和强烈决心也是高管们应该培养的特质。

The factor that gave purposefulness to the period was the children.

使这一时期具有目的性的因素是孩子们。

" When I went to school, it was right after the sixties and before this general wave of practical purposefulness had set in, " he said.

“我上学的时候，60年代的那股思潮刚过，实用主义、目的性很强的社会风气还没有盛行”，他说。