intend
- IPA[ɪnˈtɛnd]
英式
- have (a course of action) as one's purpose or intention; plan；plan that something should be or do something
verb: intend, 3rd person present: intends, gerund or present participle: intending, past tense: intended, past participle: intended
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. have (a course of action) as one's purpose or intention; plan the company intends to cut 400 jobs it was not intended that colleges should have to revise their current schemes
- ▪ plan that something should be or do something a series of questions intended as a checklist
- ▪ plan that speech should have (a particular meaning) no offence was intended, I assure you
- 2. design or destine something for a particular purpose this one-roomed cottage was intended to accommodate a family pigs intended for human consumption
- ▪ be meant or designed for the use of (a particular person or group) this benefit is intended for people incapable of work a jigsaw puzzle intended for three-year-olds
