in·tend
verb OPAL W
/ɪnˈtend/
/ɪnˈtend/
Word Family
- intend verb
- intended adjective (≠ unintended)
- intention noun
- intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
- intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intend | /ɪnˈtend/ /ɪnˈtend/ |
| he / she / it intends | /ɪnˈtendz/ /ɪnˈtendz/ |
| past simple intended | /ɪnˈtendɪd/ /ɪnˈtendɪd/ |
| past participle intended | /ɪnˈtendɪd/ /ɪnˈtendɪd/ |
| -ing form intending | /ɪnˈtendɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtendɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do something
打算；计划；想要 - We finished later than we had intended.
我们完成时已超出原定时间。 - intend to do something I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage.
我确实诚心想赔偿损失。 - I never intended to hurt you.
我从来都没想伤害你。 - The train we had originally intended to catch had already left.
我们原本打算搭乘的火车已经开走了。 - intend somebody/something to do something The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character.
作者显然想使读者能与主人公产生共鸣。 - intend doing something (British English) I don't intend staying long.
我不打算长期逗留。 - intend something The company intends a slow-down in expansion.
公司准备放慢扩展速度。 - intend somebody something He intended her no harm (= it was not his plan to harm her).
他无意伤害她。 - it is intended that… It is intended that production will start next month.
计划在下个月开始生产。 - intend that… We intend that production will start next month.
我们计划下个月开始生产。
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitives- afford
- agree
- appear
- arrange
- attempt
- beg
- choose
- consent
- decide
- expect
- fail
- happen
- hesitate
- hope
- intend
- learn
- manage
- mean
- neglect
- offer
- prepare
- pretend
- promise
- refuse
- swear
- try
- want
- wish
Extra Examples- She fully intends to continue her sporting career once she has recovered from her injuries.
她一心打算一旦伤愈就继续自己的运动生涯。 - 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.
我可不想再犯同样的错误。 - She didn't intend to kill him.
她本来没打算杀死他。 - They stayed much longer than they'd originally intended.
他们逗留的时间比原定的长得多。 - What do you intend to do now?
你现在想做什么？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- clearly
- originally
- …
- for
- We finished later than we had intended.
- [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?
你那句话到底想说什么？ - intend something as something He intended it as a joke.
他只想开个玩笑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- clearly
- originally
- …
- for
- intend something by something What exactly did you intend by that remark?
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’.