in·ten·tion·al
adjective/ɪnˈtenʃənl/
/ɪnˈtenʃənl/
Word Family
- intend verb
- intended adjective (≠ unintended)
- intention noun
- intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
- intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)
- done deliberately
故意的；有意的；存心的 - I'm sorry I left you off the list—it wasn't intentional.
很抱歉没把你列入名单，我不是有意的。 - an intentional act of cruelty
故意的残忍行为 - It is difficult to prove whether their actions were negligent or intentional.
很难证明他们的行为是疏忽还是故意。 - She felt she was a victim of intentional discrimination.
她觉得自己遭到蓄意歧视。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntentional is used with these nouns:- act
- deception
- destruction
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘existing only in intention’): from French intentionnel or medieval Latin intentionalis, from Latin intentio(n-), from intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’. - I'm sorry I left you off the list—it wasn't intentional.