新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

intend

英  [ɪnˈtend]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • intends , intending , intended

    1[T 及物动词] 打算

    If you intend to do something, you have decided or planned to do it.

    近义词

    mean , plan

    双语例句

    例:

    Maybe he intends to leave her.

    也许他打算离开她。

    例:

    What do you intend doing when you get to this place?

    到了那里你打算做些什么?

    例:

    We had always intended that the new series would be live.

    我们一直打算直播这部新的系列节目。

    2[T 及物动词] 被用于(某目的或某人)

    If something is intended for a particular purpose, it has been planned to fulfill that purpose. If something is intended for a particular person, it has been planned to be used by that person or to affect them in some way.

    双语例句

    例:

    This money is intended for the development of the tourist industry.

    这笔钱是准备用于发展旅游业的。

    例:

    Columns are usually intended in architecture to add grandeur and status.

    圆柱在建筑上通常被用来增添气势和彰显地位。

    例:

    Originally, Hatfield had been intended as a leisure complex.

    最初,人们是打算将哈特菲尔德建成一个休闲娱乐中心的。 。

    3[T 及物动词] 想要

    If you intend a particular idea or feeling in something that you say or do, you want to express it or want it to be understood.

    近义词

    mean

    双语例句

    例:

    He didn't intend any sarcasm.

    他没有任何讽刺的意思。

    例:

    Barzun's response seemed a little patronizing, though he undoubtedly hadn't intended it that way.

    巴曾的反应好像显得有点屈尊俯就,尽管那肯定不是他的本意。

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