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/ɪnˈtend/ |
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1 | to have a plan in your mind to do something 计划;打算;想要 |
| intend to do sth What do you intend to do about this? 你打算对这个怎么办? |
| intend sb/sth to do sth I never intended it to turn out like that. 我从未料到事情会弄成那样。 |
| intend doing sth I intend using the report as evidence to support my case. 我打算把这篇报道用作支持我诉讼的证据。 |
| fully intend doing sth/to do sth He had fully intended to tell her exactly what had happened. 他已打算好一字不漏地告诉她所发生的一切。 |
| intend sb sth She felt certain that he intended her no harm. 她确信他对她并无恶意。 |
| +that It is intended that formal discussions should commence in the near future. 正式的讨论打算在最近开始。 |
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2 | to want something to have a particular meaning 意指;意思是 |
| intend no offence/disrespect I’ m sorry: no offence was intended. 对不起:我并无冒犯之意。 |
| intend sth as sth Perhaps it was intended as a joke. 可能这只是一个玩笑。 |
| intend sth by sth She wondered what he intended by that statement. 她想知道他说那话是什么意思。 |
PHRASE |
- | be intended for |
| to be made , done , or said for a particular purpose or person |
| 打算供…之用;是为…而准备的 |
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| The posts are intended for students who have recently completed a first degree in biology. 这些职位是为那些最近完成了生物学第一学位的学生准备的。 |
| The meat was never intended for human consumption. 这种肉从来都不是给人食用的。 |
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