| 单词 | intention |
| 释义 | in·ten·tion 1. a. (1) < announced its intention to divide its Indian Empire into two dominions — Current Biography > < certainly had no intention of doing so — Rose Macaulay > (2) intentions plural < inquired concerning the young man's intentions toward his daughter > (3) < filed his intention to run for mayor > b. (1) (2) c. (1) Roman law (2) old English law 2. < complete and final victory was his intention > < his intention (the intended significance of the poem) … and what he actually contrives as a poet to do, conflict — F.R.Leavis > 3. < shook his head with a double intention — James Joyce > 4. a. archaic (1) (2) b. 5. Synonyms: < the main intention of the poem has been to make dramatically visible the conflict — Allen Tate > < it was Buchanan's intention that his administration should be chiefly characterized by a vigorous foreign policy — C.R.Fish > intent may imply more deliberate and clear formulation < to tell a lie, also, with intent to deceive was a serious offense — Havelock Ellis > < the clear intent of the Taft-Hartley law's provision on secondary boycotts — Wall Street Journal > purpose can apply to what one proposes with resolution and determination < the missionary was here for a purpose, and he pressed his point — Willa Cather > < writing her excellent period stories for girls, Elizabeth Howard has a well-defined purpose in view — Current Biography > design may suggest careful ordering, calculating, or scheming < that sense of inherent design that characterizes the English or the Russian novel — J.A.Michener > < the TVA is substituting order and design for haphazard, unplanned, and unintegrated development — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < to keep this strategic peninsula out of the hands of any power which might harbor aggressive designs — C.A.Fisher > aim may imply clear and definite singleness of purpose or intention < the theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy — Bertrand Russell > < the next aim of the company was to secure the St. Louis and Missouri river trade — Grace L. Nute > end stresses intended effect and may subordinate or contrast with notions of means < the final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good — Rufus Choate > < He knows us and our true end is to know Him — J.A.Pike > object is closely synonymous with end but may be used for more individually determined desires or intentions to accomplish < my object all sublime I shall achieve in time — to let the punishment fit the crime — W.S.Gilbert > < the object of this society is to elevate the architectural profession as such — American Institute of Architects > objective may be used in relation to that which is quite concrete and tangible and immediately attainable < getting the child to want to write is the new-style teacher's first objective — John Haverstick > < to fight wars of limited objective and to make moderate and reasonable peace settlements — W.H.Chamberlin > goal may indicate that which is attained by struggle and endurance of hardship < the achievement of understanding, which is man's highest goal — Ida C. Merriam > < could not help thinking that this was my goal, that I had been brought to this spot with a purpose, that in this wild and solitary retreat some tremendous adventure was about to befall me — W.H.Hudson †1922 > |
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