in order to

Silkworm culture is practised in order to get silk.

养蚕是为了得到蚕丝.

They were fighting in order to preserve their independence.

他们为维护独立而战.

He was going to college at night, in order to become an accountant.

为了成为会计师，他上夜校学习。

The goods will be sold for a fraction of their value in order to discharge the debt.

货物将被贱价卖出以清偿债务。

In order to maintain profit margins health and safety regulations are often put to one side.

为了保持利润率，常置卫生和安全规章于不顾。

He lowballed the cost of the project in order to obtain federal funding.

他为了得到联邦资助而故意压低项目的成本价格。

In order to survive the competition a company should be proactive not reactive.

要在竞争中生存下来，公司不应该消极应变，而应当先发制人。

They acquire the land in order to be able to sell it advantageously to the government.

他们购下这块土地，目的是在转手给政府时能够从中渔利。

They work long hours in order to take home a fat wage packet.

为了多赚点儿工资，他们加班加点地工作。

to go through all the formalities necessary in order to get a gun licence

办理取得持枪执照的全部必要手续

They had to call the police in order to put down the riot.

他们只得叫来警察以平定骚乱.

In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.

为安全起见，该元件作了电绝缘处理。

Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices.

大农场主正在不断涌进来，不是为了耕作，而是要利用不断上涨的地价进行投机。

In order to start reading this book you must have had some idea that the physical symptoms you were experiencing were due to anxiety.

开始读这本书之前，你一定已经了解到：你身体的不适症状是源于焦虑。

They spread disinformation in order to discredit politicians.

他们散布假消息，企图败坏政治家的名声。

The next hearings will be structured differently in order to minimize the inquisitorial atmosphere.

下次听证会将以不同的方式进行，以尽可能淡化审判似的气氛。

Some turned to prostitution in order to survive.

有些人为了生存而开始卖身.

She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.

她过去常把伙食费省下来买衣服.

We'renot ready to disarm ourselves in order to make it easier for them to kill us.

我们可不准备放下武器，好让他们更轻易地干掉我们。

They're so lacking in confidence in the attraction of the games they televise that they feel they have to hype up with some hysterical commentator in order to get anyone to watch them.

他们对于用电视播映比赛的吸引力太缺乏信心,以至于他们感到必须要用一个说得天花乱坠的讲解员来做实况广播,以便招揽观众.

When women started working in offices, they opted for severity in dress in order to imply sobriety.

女性开始在办公室上班后，就会选择朴素而简洁的着装，以看上去持重冷静。

Clearly, the police cannot break the law in order to enforce it.

显然，警方不能为了执法而犯法。

Opportunism consists of sacrificing fundamental interests in order to gain temporary, partial benefits.

机会主义就是牺牲根本的利益,贪图暂时的 、 局部的利益.

One should save a part of one's possessions in order to hedge against inflation.

我们应该把一部分财产存起来以防备通货膨胀.

In order to hang the picture, he had to hammer a nail.

为了挂那幅画, 他必须钉枚钉子.

Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs.

大部分学校都很不愿意为减少开支而裁员。

The price must be right in order to compete internationally.

为了在国际上竞争,定价必须适当.

He had to go through the usual rigmarole of signing legal papers in order to complete the business deal.

为了达成这笔交易,他不得不一一通过通常的签署法律文件的繁琐程序.

We criticized you because we wanted to help you, not in order to find fault with you.

我们批评你,是为了帮助你, 绝不是跟你过不去.

The ecological disaster is partly a product of letting everything rip in order to increase production.

出现生态灾难的部分原因是人们为了增产而不惜一切代价。