intend
v. 打算,計劃; 想要; 意指
If you intend to do something, you have decided or planned to do it.
She intends to do A levels and go to university...
她計劃先參加高階考試,然後去讀大學。
I didn't intend coming to Germany to work...
我沒有打算來德國工作。
If something is intended for a particular purpose, it has been planned to fulfil that purpose. If something is intended for a particular person, it has been planned to be used by that person or to affect them in some way.
This money is intended for the development of the tourist industry...
這筆錢準備用於旅遊業的開發。
Columns are usually intended in architecture to add grandeur and status...
圓柱在建築中通常用來增添氣勢和顯示地位。
If you intend a particular idea or feeling in something that you say or do, you want to express it or want it to be understood.
He didn't intend any sarcasm...
他沒有任何諷刺的意思。
Burke's response seemed a little patronizing, though he undoubtedly hadn't intended it that way...
伯克的回答有點施恩與人的感覺,儘管他無疑並沒有那個意思。
1. have in mind as a purpose;
2. design or destine;
3. mean or intend to express or convey;
4. denote or connote;
intend, mean
這兩個動詞均有"想要,打算"之意。
He seems to intend mischief.
看來他想搗蛋.
I intend to amortize the total cost of the car over three years.
我打算用三年時間分期償還汽車的所有費用.
When my ship comes in I intend to take a year's holiday traveling around the world.
有朝一日我有錢時,我要休假一年,周遊世界.
They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.
他們想以發展貿易的綱領來贏得下次選舉.
From what I was able to glean, it appears they don't intend to take any action yet.
根據我所收集到的資料分析, 他們看來還不打算採取任何行動.