| 释义 |
in·tend /ɪnˈtend/ vt. | vi.
❶ vt.
1. 想要，打算，计划
intend to do sth. (或 intend doing sth.) 想做某事
intend protest against the demonstration 要对那次示威提抗议
intend frequent meetings with sb. 打算同某人经常会晤
He intended no harm. 他并无恶意。
We intend that it (shall) be done today. 我们打算今天把那事做好。
He intended his novel to dramatize the conflict between heresy and Christianity. 他打算在他的小说里戏剧化地再现异教与基督教之间的冲突。
2. (为…而)准备；打算使…(成为) (for,as)
The fund is intended for emergency use only. 这基金专备急用。
They intend their son for the Bar. 他们想让儿子当律师。
He intended this land for his three boys. 他想把这块土地分给三个儿子。
His interpretation of life was intended as a joke. 他对人生的意义作这番阐述，只是想开个玩笑罢了。
They intend him to be the next chairman. 他们打算让他当下届主席。
3. 意指，意思是
What do you intend by this remark? 你这话是什么意思?
By teleology is intended the purposefulness of nature. 所谓目的论，就是指自然界本身具有目的性。
4. 〈古〉对…集中注意力，专注于
He did nothing but intend his health. 他什么也不干，只讲究养身之道。
5. 【律】解释，认定
The law will intend it to be so. 根据法律将对此作如是解释。
6. 〈古〉赶(路)；指向
7. 〈废〉宣称；假装；维持
❷ vi.
1. 有目的，有打算
He may intend otherwise. 他可能另有打算。
He woke later than he had intended. 他醒得比他预期的迟。
2. 〈古〉赶路；出发
intend homeward 踏上归途
I intend for England this spring. 我欲今春赴英。
[< L intendere to stretch forth, give one's attention to < IN-¹ + tendere to stretch] |