The object of the exercise is to raise money for the charity.

此项活动的目的是为慈善筹款。

Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather defeats the object of the exercise !

迟迟待在办公室讨论缩短工作时间恰恰是在阻挠这一目标的实现！

The object of the exercise is to simply make you more aware of these moments to know yourself better.

这个练习的目的只是为了让你更多地意识到那些感觉良好的时刻，让你更了解自己。

Some nuggets of civilisation may have been saved in the process, but that was not the object of the exercise.

文明的只字片语可能就是这么被保留了下来，不过这倒不是本意。

The sales director told the design team that the object of the exercise was to produce a more attractive product.

销售经理告诉设计组，好样做的目的是为了生产出更有吸引力产品。