to all intents and purposes1 (also for all intents and purposes American English)ALMOST used to say that a situation is not exactly as you describe it, but the effect is the same as if it were 实际上；差不多等于 The war was, to all intents and purposes, over. 战争实际上已结束。
→ to all intents and purposes at intent2(1)
2 → for all practical purposes