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单词 intention
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intention
(ɪnteən )
Word forms: intentions
1. variable noun [NOUN to-infinitive] B2
An intention is an idea or plan of what you are going to do.
Beveridge announced his intention of standing for parliament. [+ of]
It is my intention to remain in my position until a successor is elected.
Unfortunately, his good intentions never seemed to last long.
Synonyms: aim, plan, idea, goal  
2. have no intention/have every intention phrase B2
If you say that you have no intention of doing something, you are emphasizing that you are not going to do it. If you say that you have every intention of doing something, you are emphasizing that you intend to do it. [emphasis]
We have no intention of buying American jets.
Those close to him are convinced that he has every intention of staying on.
Quotations:
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Collocations:
clear intention
If you read something like that, that shows a clear intention to commit a crime.
The Sun (2012)
What we are saying is that it is our clear intention to grow this business.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A source said: 'The clear intention was to harm the president'.
The Sun (2013)
firm intention
Optimum said that it had not received a formal takeover offer or been given notice of a firm intention to bid.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the group said that the announcement should not be taken as a firm intention to buy.
Times, Sunday Times
Standing and looking at him demonstrates our serious, firm intention.
Times, Sunday Times
He left high school in the year before graduation with the firm intention of becoming a playwright.
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good intentions
Despite my good intentions about being on top of things, I always forget to buy an annual calendar.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Instead of just having good intentions, you add exercise to your life.
The Sun (2010)
We can go with good intentions, teaching flexibility and listening to our team members.
Christianity Today (2000)
noble intention
A noble intention, but those smiles were wearing thin by the sixteenth minute yesterday, when they had conceded three tries and were trailing 21-0.
Times, Sunday Times
She also states that moviegoers can not be educated by equating noble intention or commercial viability with quality.
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Helping the needy may spring from human compassion, from an ethical principle, or even from less noble intentions based on human calculation.
Times, Sunday Times
He seethed with rage over the seeming ruin of his noble intentions.
Christianity Today
What noble intentions: the channel wants to educate, entertain, inform and prevent stomach ulcers.
Times, Sunday Times
original intention
My original intention had a practical purpose, if rather idealised.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The original intention had been that it would hold 1000 prisoners.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
This was part of the original intention of the reforms.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He hesitated beside the truck, then followed his original intention and went out of the yard across the road to the transport café.
Higgins, Jack CONFESSIONAL
peaceful intention
As a demonstration of peaceful intentions, he gave them up in 1608.
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The ship had been disarmed to signify its peaceful intentions.
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They proclaimed peaceful intentions, and kept secret his orders to deport all black officers.
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signal an intention
They were also signing up to principles that signal an intention to tackle climate change.
Times, Sunday Times
If you want to overtake a slower rider, take a look behind to make sure other cyclists aren't planning the same thing, and signal your intention.
Times,Sunday Times
Some wear a silver ring to signal their intention to remain chaste, but others take the concept much further, vowing to be pure in all aspects of their behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
Club signal their intention to appeal.
Times, Sunday Times
While recently waiting to negotiate a roundabout a minicab entered it and used his left indicator to signal his intention to leave by the next exit.
Times, Sunday Times
sincere intention
Auction houses provide free valuations at valuation days and by appointment, although they expect a sincere intention to sell.
Times, Sunday Times
A focus of his teaching was sincere intention.
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He had sincere intentions to help us in perceiving our differences as treasure not as antagonisms.
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slightest intention
Develop a five-year plan - even if you haven't the slightest intention of sticking to it.
ST
We did not have the slightest intention or expectation of getting redress - one can hardly expect them to test each bottle for ease of opening.
Times, Sunday Times
But some people with tickets for tonight do not have the slightest intention of watching.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite growing international calls for a ceasefire, neither side has shown the slightest intention of backing down.
Times, Sunday Times
One teachers' leader even emoted about 'exam hall conditions', as if anyone had the slightest intention of doing it that way.
Times, Sunday Times
sole intention
My sole intention was to make my mom happy.
The Sun (2011)
He is becoming a bit more of a team player - but still has that sole intention of scoring goals.
The Sun (2009)
I went up to London last weekend with the sole intention of gloating, noisily, in public.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
state an intention
The player must formally state his intention to double to all other participants and gain agreement from them for this to count.
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Free schools and youth-led media organizations often state their intention to empower youth, as well as youth voice, community youth development, and youth leadership programs.
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In his letter to the latter, written in 2000 but published yesterday, he stated his intentions quite clearly.
Times, Sunday Times
It may always be necessary for ministers to state their intentions and perceptions.
Christianity Today
I wrote, giving a few details and stating my intention, and was redirected to the mailbox of something called an 'intel unit'.
Times, Sunday Times
stated intention
The stated intention here was not only to put that right, but to finish top of the medal table and an aggressively competitive policy was thus followed.
Times, Sunday Times
This move for her was a temporary measure, and her stated intention, once she was able, was to return home.
Globe and Mail
That's the stated intention, anyway.
Times, Sunday Times
The stated intention was to reduce costs for the funds.
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The museum highlights its sustainability efforts in visible ways throughout the museum as part of a stated intention to lead by example.
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true intention
In the ensuing conversation he reveals his true intention.
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Many feel that the mono mixes reflect the true intention of the band.
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But as two pages of the four-page letter have mysteriously gone missing, there's some doubt about his true intentions.
Times, Sunday Times
It was the first digital computer exclusively designed to play a game, though its true intention was to illustrate the principles of the (then novel) digital computer for the public.
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Those terms are interpreted by the courts to seek out the true intention of the parties, from the perspective of an objective observer, in the context of their bargaining environment.
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voting intention
We asked for their voting intention in two ways.
Times, Sunday Times
There are any number of plausible explanations for the failure of the voting intention measure to tally with the result.
Times, Sunday Times
They need about 3 per cent of current voting intention to move their way.
Times, Sunday Times
My voting intention was based entirely on local issues, and one in particular.
Times, Sunday Times
Voting intention put it on 35 per cent, down five points since the last poll ten days ago.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 用意
Japanese: 意図
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