intend
/ɪnˈtend/verb
with obj.
1
- have (a course of action) as one's purpose or intention; plan想要; 打算, 计划：
with infinitive the company intends to cut about 4,500 jobs公司打算裁员4,500人左右
with clause it was not intended that colleges should have to revise their current schemes.并不打算让各学院修改现行计划。
1.1
intend something as/to do something
plan that something should be or do something打算使成为（或做）：a series of questions intended as a checklist.
计划作为检查核对表的一系列问题。
1.2
- plan that speech should have (a particular meaning)意指, 意思是：
no offence was intended, I assure you.
我向你保证没有冒犯的意思。
2
intend someone/thing for/to do something
design or destine someone or something for a particular purpose or end确定要（人或物）充当或做：pigs intended for human consumption
专供人类食用的猪
a one-roomed cottage intended to accommodate a family.
意在供一家人住宿的单间农舍。
2.1
be intended for
be meant or designed for (a particular person or group) to have or use设计为…所有或用, 为…所准备：this benefit is intended for people incapable of work.
这一津贴是为无劳动能力的人而设定的。
派生词
intender
noun词源
Middle 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'.