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

intendintend /ɪnˈtɛnd/ ●●● S3 W2 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYintend

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French entendre to have as a purpose, from Latin intendere to stretch out, have as a purpose

VERB TABLE

intend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	intend
	he, she, it	intends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	intended
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have intended
	he, she, it	has intended
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had intended
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will intend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have intended

Continuous Form
Present	I	am intending
	he, she, it	is intending
	you, we, they	are intending
Past	I, he, she, it	was intending
	you, we, they	were intending
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been intending
	he, she, it	has been intending
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been intending
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be intending
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been intending

COLLOCATIONS► fully intended

Miss Stein fully intended to make the painting a gift.

1to have something in your mind as a plan or purpose: intend to do something The laws were intended to protect wildlife.it was intended that It was never intended that Ford pay the money back.intend somebody/something to do something I didn’t intend her to see the painting until it was finished.intend on doing something Kristen intends on staying in Rome for three days.intend something as something/intend something to be something I’m sorry. I intended it as a joke. Miss Stein fully intended to make the painting a gift.2be intended for somebody/something to be provided or designed for a particular person or purpose: The movie is intended for adults. The equipment was originally intended for use by the army. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French entendre to have as a purpose, from Latin intendere to stretch out, have as a purpose]