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a result that you try to achieve 目标；指标 to meet/hit a target 达到/击中目标 The firm is on track to achieve its growth target for the year. 该公司有望实现今年的增长目标。 The university will reach its target of 5 000 students next September. 这所大学将于下个九月达到在校学生 5 000 人的目标。 The department has missed its sales target for the third month running. 该部门已经连续第三个月没有达到销售目标。 Set yourself targets that you can reasonably hope to achieve. 给自己制订有望达到的指标。 - on target
The new sports complex is on target to open in June. 新建的体育中心将在六月份如期开放。 - off target
These figures are way off target. 这些数字远未达标。 a target date of April 2022 2022 年 4 月的预定日期 a target audience/market (= the particular audience, area etc. that a product, programme, etc. is aimed at) 目标观众/市场。产品、计划等。旨在) The film's target demographic is women aged 18–49 years. 这部电影的目标观众是 18 至 49 岁的妇女。 We're using social media to communicate with our target customers. 我们使用社交媒体与我们的目标客户交流。
Synonyms targettarget- objective
- goal
- object
- end
- target a result that you try to achieve:
Set yourself targets that you can reasonably hope to achieve. 给自己制订有望达到的指标。 attainment targets in schools 学校的成绩目标
- objective (rather formal
) something that you are trying to achieve: 指正努力达到的目标、目的： What is the main objective of this project? 这个项目的主要目标是什么？
- goal something that you hope to achieve:
He continued to pursue his goal of becoming an actor. 他继续追求他成为演员的目标。
target, objective or goal? 用 target、objective 还是 goal？ - object the purpose of something; something that you plan to achieve:
The object is to educate people about road safety. 目的就是教育大众注意交通安全。
- end something that you plan to achieve:
He joined the society for political ends. 他为了政治目的加入了这个协会。 That’s only OK if you believe that the end justifies the means (= bad methods of doing something are acceptable if the final result is good). 除非你认为只要目的正确可以不择手段，不然那是不可以接受的。
- to work towards a(n) target/objective/goal
- a(n) ambitious/major/long-term/short-term/future target/objective/goal
- economic/financial/business targets/objectives/goals
- to set/agree on/identify/reach/meet/exceed a(n) target/objective/goal
- to achieve a(n) target/objective/goal/end
Collocations BusinessBusiness 商业 Running a business 经营企业 - buy/acquire/own/sell a company/firm/franchise
收购／获得／拥有／出售公司／商行／特许经销权 - set up/establish/start/start up/launch a business/company
创办企业／公司 - run/operate a business/company/franchise
经营企业／公司／专卖店 - head/run a firm/department/team
管理公司／部门／团队 - make/secure/win/block a deal
达成／阻止一笔交易 - expand/grow/build the business
扩展业务 - boost/increase investment/spending/sales/turnover/earnings/exports/trade
增加投资／支出／销售量／营业额／收入／出口／贸易 - increase/expand production/output/sales
增加产量／输出量／销售量 - boost/maximize production/productivity/efficiency/income/revenue/profit/profitability
使产量／生产力／效率／收入／收益／利润／收益增加／最大化 - achieve/maintain/sustain growth/profitability
实现／维持／保持增长／收益 - cut/reduce/bring down/lower/slash costs/prices
削减成本／价格 - announce/impose/make cuts/cutbacks
宣布／强制实行／实施削减
Sales and marketing 销售和市场营销 - break into/enter/capture/dominate the market
打入／进入／占领／控制市场 - gain/grab/take/win/boost/lose market share
取得／夺取／得到／赢得／增加／丢失市场份额 - find/build/create a market for something
为某物找到／建立／开创市场 - start/launch an advertising/a marketing campaign
发起广告／营销宣传活动 - develop/launch/promote a product/website
开发／推出／推销产品／网站 - create/generate demand for your product
为产品创造需求 - attract/get/retain/help customers/clients
吸引／赢得／留住／帮助顾客／客户 - drive/generate/boost/increase demand/sales
刺激／创造／提高／增加需求／销售量 - beat/keep ahead of/out-think/outperform the competition
打败／领先于／智胜／胜过竞争对手 - meet/reach/exceed/miss sales targets
完成／达到／超过／未达到销售目标
Finance 财务 - draw up/set/present/agree/approve a budget
起草／制订／提出／批准预算 - keep to/balance/cut/reduce/slash the budget
执行／平衡／削减／大幅削减预算 - be/come in below/under/over/within budget
未超出／超出预算；在预算之内 - generate income/revenue/profit/funds/business
产生收益／利润／资金／营业额 - fund/finance a campaign/a venture/an expansion/spending/a deficit
为活动／商业项目／扩张／开支／赤字提供资金 - provide/raise/allocate capital/funds
提供／筹集／分配资金 - attract/encourage investment/investors
吸引／鼓励投资／投资者 - recover/recoup costs/losses/an investment
收回成本／亏损／投资 - get/obtain/offer somebody/grant somebody credit/a loan
获得／为某人提供／准予某人贷款 - apply for/raise/secure/arrange/provide finance
申请／筹集／获得／安排／提供资金
Failure 失败；不成功 - lose business/trade/customers/sales/revenue
失去生意／买卖／顾客／销量／收益 - accumulate/accrue/incur/run up debts
累积／积累／招致／积欠债务 - suffer/sustain enormous/heavy/serious losses
蒙受惨重损失 - face cuts/a deficit/redundancy/bankruptcy
面临削减／赤字／裁员／破产 - file for/ (North American English) enter/avoid/escape bankruptcy
申请／避免／幸免破产 - (British English) go into administration/liquidation
进入行政接管／清算 - liquidate/wind up a company
清算／关闭公司 - survive/weather a recession/downturn
艰难渡过萧条期／衰退期 - propose/seek/block/oppose a merger
提出／寻求／阻止／反对合并 - launch/make/accept/defeat a takeover bid
发起／进行／接受／阻止收购投标
Extra ExamplesTopics Successa2, Working lifea2Hospital performance targets will not be met. 医院的绩效目标将无法实现。 Many pay agreements reached were over the original target of 4%. 已达成的许多工资协议超过了原定的 4% 的目标。 Pupils should be given a target to aim for. 应该给小学生制订一个目标。 Sales so far this year are 20% above target. 到目前为止今年的销售额已经超出目标 20%。 She has always set herself very high targets. 她总是给自己设定非常高的目标。 The CEO has set new targets for growth. 首席执行官已确定了新的增长目标。 The company pays bonuses to workers who exceed production targets. 公司给超额完成生产指标的工人发奖金。 We are well within our target for trains arriving on time. 火车准点率符合我们设定的目标。 We are working towards a target of twenty cars a week. 我们正在向每星期20 辆汽车的目标努力。 What's the target market for this product? 这个产品的目标市场是什么？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- achievable
- attainable
- low
- …
- set
- aim for
- achieve
- …
- audience
- demographic
- group
- …
- above (a/the) target
- off target
- on target
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an object, a person or a place that people aim at when attacking （攻击的）目标，对象 They attacked military and civilian targets. 他们攻击军事和民用目标。 - target for somebody/something
Doors and windows are an easy target for burglars. 门窗被窃贼作为入室的目标容易得手。 The children became the target for their father’s aggressive outbursts. 孩子们成了他们父亲攻击性爆发的目标。 It's a prime target (= an obvious target) for terrorist attacks. 这是恐怖分子攻击的首要目标。 - target of something (figurative)
He's become the target of a lot of criticism recently. 他最近成了众矢之的。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb1The bomb reached its intended target ten seconds later. 10 秒钟后炸弹命中预定目标。 The damaged ship presented a tempting target. 这艘损坏的船成了一个诱人的目标。 The flare overshot its target and set fire to a hotel. 照明弹越过目标，把一家旅馆烧着了。 The missile veered way off target and landed in the sea. 导弹严重偏离目标，落到了海里。 The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously. 雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。 The stationary trucks were sitting targets for the enemy planes. 静止的卡车是敌机的活靶子。 The company could become a takeover target. 该公司可能成为收购对象。 The real target of his satire is religion. 他讽刺的真正对象是宗教。 The President is a favorite target of comedians. 总统是喜剧演员最喜欢的目标。 Politically speaking, his jibes were right on target. 从政治角度说，他的嘲讽正中要害。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- favourite/favorite
- frequent
- important
- …
- choose
- identify
- pick
- …
- site
- off target
- on target
- target for
- …
an object that people practise shooting at, especially a round board with circles on it 靶；靶子 
to aim at a target 瞄准靶子 to hit/miss the target 中靶；脱靶 target practice 射击练习
Extra ExamplesThe archers were setting up their targets. 射箭运动员正在竖靶子。 The boys used an old tree stump as a target. 那些男孩儿用一个老树墩当靶子。 The shot went wide of the target. 那一枪打飞了。 Patton was just off target with a header. 巴顿的头球没进球门。 - (figurative)
It should be possible to deliver the drug direct to the target site. 将药品直接送到目标位置应该是可能的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + target- put up
- set up
- aim at
- …
- area
- range
- practice
- …
- off target
- on target
- wide of the target
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Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to a small round shield): diminutive of targe Old English, of Germanic origin. The noun came to denote various round objects. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.