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单词 aim
释义

aim /ām/

transitive verb
  1. To point, level or direct (a weapon or blow)
  2. To intend or try (to do)
  3. To estimate or guess (obsolete)
  4. To place
intransitive verb
  1. To direct a course
  2. To level a weapon
  3. To direct a blow or missile
  4. To direct a remark with personal or special application
  5. To direct one's intention and endeavours with a view to attaining (with at)
  6. To conjecture (obsolete)
noun
  1. An act or manner of aiming
  2. An object or purpose aimed at
  3. Design
  4. Intention
  5. A guess or estimate (Shakespeare)
  6. A shot (Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: Prob partly OFr esmer (Picardian amer), from L aestimāre, partly OFr aesmer, from L adaestimāre; cf esteem and estimate

aim'er noun

Someone who aims

aimˈless adjective

Without a fixed aim

aimˈlessly adverb

aimˈlessness noun

aim off

  1. To aim slightly off the target to allow for wind or other factors (shooting)
  2. To allow for the possible bias, exaggeration or eccentricity inherent in a statement, opinion, etc

cry aim (archaic)

To encourage by calling out ‘aim’, hence, to applaud

give aim (archaic)

To guide by reporting the result of previous shots

take aim

To aim deliberately

AIM /ām/

abbrev

Alternative Investment Market

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