英语词汇“intent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

intent

/ɪnˈtɛnt

noun [mass noun]

Intention or purpose: with alarm she realized his intent [count noun]: a real intent to cut back on social programmes

Synonyms

aim, purpose, intention, objective, object, goal, target, end;

design, plan, scheme;

resolve, resolution, determination;

wish, desire, ambition, idea, dream, aspiration, hope

adjective

1 (intent on/upon) Determined to do (something): the government was intent on achieving greater efficiency...

Chip's face was firm and Kim could tell he was intent on keeping himself above water.
He also warned their opposition could backfire because he was now intent on deregulating the restaurant sector.
He said he was intent on protecting direct payments to Ireland which were worth 2 billion euro annually.

Synonyms

bent, set, determined, insistent, fixed, resolved, hell-bent, keen;

firm about, committed to;

single-minded about, inflexible about, obsessive about, obsessed with, fanatical about, fixated on;

determined to, resolved to, anxious to, impatient to

1.1Attentively occupied with: Gill was intent on her gardening magazine...

He was very intent on this task, as if he fancied himself a latter-day St. Francis.
Mr McCall said the management was still ‘more intent on imposition than negotiation’.
But the women take no notice of their admirers, so intent are they on their own conversation.

Synonyms

attentive, absorbed, engrossed, fascinated, enthralled, enrapt, rapt, focused, earnest, concentrated, concentrating, intense, studious, fixed, steady, steadfast, occupied, preoccupied, wrapped up, alert, watchful, observant

2(Of a look or expression) showing earnest and eager attention: a curiously intent look on her face...

She has an unsettling intent look, and seems to see things the people around her don't.
I was preoccupied with this useless energy when a huge man approached with an intent look on his face.
Danny looked up to see Cameron at the door, leaning back against it with an intent look in his eyes.

Phrases

to all intents and purposes

with intent

Derivatives

intentness

/ɪnˈtɛntnəs

/ noun ...

With singular intentness, a procession of men carry a body.
‘What do you think these aliens would look like?’ she asked with the same intentness as her first question.
He watched those games from the baseline underneath the basket with a level of intentness belying his youth.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French entent, entente, based on Latin intendere (see intend). The adjective is from Latin intentus, past participle of intendere.

单词	intent
释义	intent /ɪnˈtɛnt / noun [mass noun] Intention or purpose: with alarm she realized his intent [count noun]: a real intent to cut back on social programmes Synonyms aim, purpose, intention, objective, object, goal, target, end; design, plan, scheme; resolve, resolution, determination; wish, desire, ambition, idea, dream, aspiration, hope adjective 1 (intent on/upon) Determined to do (something): the government was intent on achieving greater efficiency... Chip's face was firm and Kim could tell he was intent on keeping himself above water. He also warned their opposition could backfire because he was now intent on deregulating the restaurant sector. He said he was intent on protecting direct payments to Ireland which were worth 2 billion euro annually. Synonyms bent, set, determined, insistent, fixed, resolved, hell-bent, keen; firm about, committed to; single-minded about, inflexible about, obsessive about, obsessed with, fanatical about, fixated on; determined to, resolved to, anxious to, impatient to 1.1Attentively occupied with: Gill was intent on her gardening magazine... He was very intent on this task, as if he fancied himself a latter-day St. Francis. Mr McCall said the management was still ‘more intent on imposition than negotiation’. But the women take no notice of their admirers, so intent are they on their own conversation. Synonyms attentive, absorbed, engrossed, fascinated, enthralled, enrapt, rapt, focused, earnest, concentrated, concentrating, intense, studious, fixed, steady, steadfast, occupied, preoccupied, wrapped up, alert, watchful, observant 2(Of a look or expression) showing earnest and eager attention: a curiously intent look on her face... She has an unsettling intent look, and seems to see things the people around her don't. I was preoccupied with this useless energy when a huge man approached with an intent look on his face. Danny looked up to see Cameron at the door, leaning back against it with an intent look in his eyes. Phrases to all intents and purposes with intent Derivatives intentness /ɪnˈtɛntnəs / noun ... With singular intentness, a procession of men carry a body. ‘What do you think these aliens would look like?’ she asked with the same intentness as her first question. He watched those games from the baseline underneath the basket with a level of intentness belying his youth. Origin Middle English: from Old French entent, entente, based on Latin intendere (see intend). The adjective is from Latin intentus, past participle of intendere.
随便看	with one's head in the clouds with one's heart in one's boots with one's nose in the air with one's tail between one's legs with one's tail up with one voice with open arms with open eyes with (or in or having) regard to with (or in) reference to with (or with all due) respect without without accident without (a) doubt without a murmur without cease without ceremony without end without exception without fail without fear or favour without further (or more) ado without let or hindrance without limit without number