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- a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack（攻击的）目标。
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- a mark or point at which someone fires or aims, especially a round or rectangular board marked with concentric circles used in archery or shooting靶子。
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- an objective or result towards which efforts are directed目标; 指标：
the car met its sales target in record time.
在创纪录的时间里这种汽车销售达到了指标。
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- Phonetics an idealization of the articulation of a speech sound, with reference to which actual utterances can be described【语音】目标。
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- a person or thing against whom criticism or abuse is or may be directed（批评, 辱骂的）对象。
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- historical a small, round shield or buckler〈史〉圆形小盾。
(targeted, targeting)with obj.(常作be targeted)
1- select as an object of attention or attack选择（注意, 攻击的）目标：
two men were targeted by the attackers.
有两个人被袭击者选为攻击的目标。
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- aim or direct (something)瞄准（或指向）：
a significant nuclear capability targeted on the US.
对准美国的强大核攻击能力。
短语
on target
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- accurately hitting the thing aimed at准确地击中。
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- proceeding or improving at a good enough rate to achieve an objective快速达到目标。
派生词
targetable
adjective词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： diminutive of TARGE. The noun came to denote various round objects. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.