intend
verbWord Family
- intend verb
- intended adjective (≠ unintended)
- intention noun
- intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
- intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)
- [intransitive, transitive]
to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do something 打算；計劃；想要 We finished later than we had intended. 我們完成時已超出原定時間。 - intend to do something
I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage. 我確實誠心想賠償損失。 I never intended to hurt you. 我從來都沒想傷害你。 The train we had originally intended to catch had already left. 我們原本打算趕的火車已經開走了。 - intend somebody/something to do something
The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character. 作者顯然想使讀者能與主人公産生共鳴。 - intend doing something (British English)
I don't intend staying long. 我不打算長期逗留。 - intend something
The company intends a slow-down in expansion. 公司準備放慢擴展速度。 - intend somebody something
He intended her no harm (= it was not his plan to harm her). 他無意傷害她。 - it is intended that…
It is intended that production will start next month. 計劃在下個月開始生産。 - intend that…
We intend that production will start next month. 我們計劃下個月開始生産。
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitivesExtra ExamplesShe fully intends to continue her sporting career once she has recovered from her injuries. 她一心打算一旦傷愈就繼續自己的運動生涯。 He intends to retire at the end of this year. 他打算今年年底退休。 I don't intend to make the same mistake again. 我可不想再犯同樣的錯誤。 She didn't intend to kill him. 她本來沒打算殺死他。 They stayed much longer than they'd originally intended. 他們逗留的時間比原定的長得多。 What do you intend to do now? 你現在想做什麽？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- clearly
- originally
- …
- for
- [transitive] (rather formal)
to plan that something should have a particular meaning 意指 - intend something by something
What exactly did you intend by that remark? 你那句話到底想說什麽？ - intend something as something
He intended it as a joke. 他只想開個玩笑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- clearly
- originally
- …
- for
- intend something by something
Word OriginMiddle English entend (in the sense ‘direct the attention to’), from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.