intend

英 [ɪn'tend] 美 [ɪn'tend]

• vt. 想要；打算；意指

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 意欲,打算

   have in mind as a purpose or plan

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 想要；打算；企图；意欲；计划
2. 意指，意思是，意味着
3. 准备，打算使…（成为），欲使（某物）被用于（for）
4. 对…集中注意力；专注于
5. 想让…做
6. 把…引向或转向
7. 合法地解释或说明
8. 赶路；出发

英英释义

Verb:

1. have in mind as a purpose;

   "I mean no harm"
   "I only meant to help you"
   "She didn't think to harm me"
   "We thought to return early that night"
   

2. design or destine;

   "She was intended to become the director"
   

3. mean or intend to express or convey;

   "You never understand what I mean!"
   "what do his words intend?"
   

4. denote or connote;

   "`maison' means `house' in French"
   "An example sentence would show what this word means"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. I haven't been to the exhibition, neither do I intend to go.
   我还没有看展览会,我也不想去。
2. My husband trusts me and I don't intend to break that trust
   我的丈夫信任我,所以我不想失去这种信任
3. I've chosen the main actors and we intend to put it on next January.
   我已经选好了主要演员,打算明年一月上演这出戏。
4. How long do you intend to stop with the firm?
   你打算还为公司工作多久？
5. The chair was intended for you, but she took it away.
   那把椅子原本是为你准备的，但是被她拿走了。
6. I intended to catch the early train, but I didn't get up in time.
   我本来打算赶早班的火车，但是我起晚了。
7. That remark was intended as a joke.
   那句话本来只是个玩笑。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He seems to intend mischief.
   看来他想捣蛋。
2. Does he intend marriage or is he only flirting with her?
   他是打算跟她结婚,还是仅仅跟她调情?
3. We intended no harm.
   我们没有什么恶意。

S+～+to- v

1. I hear they intend to marry.
   我听说他们打算结婚。
2. I intend to clean out the spare room sooner or later.
   我想迟早要把那间空着的房间打扫干净。
3. They intend to work hard and save to put their children through university.
   他们打算努力工作,省下钱来供子女上大学。
4. He intends to spend the time in the park.
   他想在公园里度过这段时光。
5. Our country is indeed a poor country, but it intends to catch up.
   我们的国家确实是个穷国,但它打算迎头赶上。
6. I intended to go to your house last night, but it rained.
   昨晚我打算到你家去,但天下雨了。
7. That guy had intended to bring us unexpected trouble.
   那个家伙本来打算给我们横生枝节的。

S+～+ v -ing

1. I intend doing the work.
   我打算做这个工作。
2. I intend going to Beijing.
   我打算去北京。
3. She intends going to a plant.
   她打算到一个工厂去。
4. I intend coming back soon.
   我打算快点回来。
5. He did not intend paying the bill.
   他不打算付账。
6. What do you intend studying?
   你打算学什么?
7. The student intends studying the arts.
   这个学生打算学文科。

S+～+that-clause

1. She intended that her daughter should study English.
   她想让她的女儿学英语。
2. He intended that his son should inherit his business.
   他打算让他的儿子继承他的生意。
3. I intend that he should go by train.
   我打算叫他乘火车去。
4. We intend that the work should be finished before the end of this year.
   我们打算在今年年底以前完工。
5. We had intended that you would be more brave than wise.
   我们原认为你有勇无谋。
6. I did not intend that it should happen.
   我原不打算让这件事发生。
7. He intended that I resign of myself.
   他想要我自动提出辞职。
8. He intended that I be present.
   他想让我出席。
9. We never intended that she get involved.
   我们从来没有想让她牵连进去。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. I don't think he intended her any disrespect.
   我认为他对她没有不恭的意思。

S+～+ n./pron. +for pron./n.

1. They intended that for you.
   这是他们给你的。
2. I intended the gift for you.
   我打算把这礼物送给你。
3. I intended all my property for my grandchildren.
   我的全部财产是准备留给我的孙辈。
4. I intended it for you, not for your brother.
   我是想把它给你,而不是给你兄弟。
5. We intended the book for the beginners.
   我们是为初学者编这本书的。
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6. Well, his remarks were not intended for you.
   他的话不是对你说的。
7. That shoot was intended for the President.
   那一枪本来是想打总统的。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to be/as n.

1. He intends his son to be a physician.
   他想让他儿子成为一名内科医生。
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2. The building was intended to be a museum.
   这栋房子是用来作博物馆用的。
3. His remarks were intended to be a compliment.
   他说的那些话是想表示赞美。
4. Jim's gift of flowers was intended as a way of saying that he was sorry after he had quarrelled with Mary.
   吉姆向玛丽赠送鲜花是要表示与她发生口角后的歉疚之情。
5. My remark was not intended as a joke.
   我说的话可不是开玩笑的。
6. It is intended as a handbook for frequent reference.
   这本书可以当作经常查阅的手册使用。

S+～+sb/sth+to- v

1. We intend them to do it.
   我们打算让他们做此事。
2. I intend you to come with us.
   我想让你同我们一起来。
3. We intend them to take action at once.
   我们打算叫他们马上采取行动。
4. She intends me to have a talk with her parents.
   她想让我和她父母谈谈。
5. The father intended his sons to leave with him.
   父亲希望儿子们留下陪他。
6. He intended his second son to join the army.
   他打算让他的二儿子参军。
7. Did he intend us to share the cost of the dinner?
   他是想让我们同他一起分担这顿饭的费用吗?
8. They intended her to bear witness in that case.
   他们打算要她为该案作证。
9. Where did you intend him to go?
   你打算让他上哪儿去呢?
10. Let's ask him what he intends us to do.
    咱们去问问他打算让我们去做什么。
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11. The note is intended to clarify the situation.
    这封信旨在澄清形势。

经典引文

• The Priest is supposed only to intend the Affairs of Religion.

  出自： J. Collier

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

intend for (v.+prep.)

希望…加入… wish that sb would join
intend sb for sth
Having always been musical from an early age, the singer seems to have been intended for the concert stage.

这位歌手自幼爱好音乐,看来他一直曾被期望着成为一名歌唱家。
His son is intended for the medical profession.

他想让他的儿子将来从医。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• intend marriage 打算结婚
• intend mischief 想要捣蛋

～+副词

• intend otherwise 另有打算
• intend characteristically 特别地打算
• intend cruelly 残忍地打算
• intend dictatorially 独裁地打算
• intend loyally 实际地打算
• intend mainly〔primarily〕 主要打算
• intend maliciously 恶毒地打算
• intend originally 原打算
• intend partially 部分地打算
• intend really 确实打算
• intend subtly 难以捉摸地计划
• intend unquestionably 毫无问题地计划

～+介词

• intend as 被认为是…
• intend for 希望…加入…

词语用法

1. intend后面多接不定式，而少用动名词，如I intend to go的格式比较常见；
2. 当intend后面有宾语时，也多用不定式。

   I intend him to do it at once.
   我打算让他立刻着手做这事。

3. 当表达“打算的事未实现”的意思时，不用虚拟语气，而仅需体现“打算”这个动作较早。

   I had intended to come, but was prevented by the bad weather.

v. (动词)

1. intend的基本含义是“意欲,打算”,指把注意力集中在某一确定要完成的事或达到的明确目的上,也可表示一心想要某人或某事服务于或达到某一目的。
2. intend多用作及物动词。其后可接名词、动名词、动词不定式或由that引导的从句作宾语,也可接由“to be/as+ n. ”或动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。有时还可以接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词for的宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. intend后接动词不定式或动名词在意思上没有明显差别,只是动词不定式比动名词常见些。
4. intend用于过去时或过去完成时时,后接动词不定式表示以前有所计划,但未能实现。
5. intend后接的that从句中,谓语动词须用虚拟语气。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

intend, be going to, be thinking of, mean

• 这四者都有“想要”或“打算”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.mean比intend单纯,没有intend专心于某事的含义。
• 2.be going to表示在说话之前已经作出决定; 而be thinking of则表示正在“想”或“打算”,还没有最后决定。
• 3.在口语中,一般不用intend to,而用be going to或be thinking of的形式来表达。
• 4.mean还有“意味”的意思,而另三个词(组)则没有此义。

intend, design, plan

• 这组词都有“计划,打算”的意思。其区别是：
• design指为达到某种特定的目的而周密地、精心地“计划,筹划”,它偏重于计划的目的性、周密性和细致性; intend指在心中已有确定的目标或计划,作“盘算,意想”解,比plan的语气强,如:
• I intended to write to you, but I didn't get time to do so.我本打算写信给你,但是我没有时间。
• plan在这三个词中是最普通最常用的词,表示“计划,想要做”,它不像design那样含有精心周密地“策划”的意思,而与want的意思接近,例如:
• We are planning to buy a refrigerator.我们正计划买一台电冰箱。

intend，mean

• 这两个动词均有“想要、打算”之意。
• intend较正式用词，但常用，指对未来的行动做出打算，并力争实现。
• mean口语多用，指怀有作某事的想法或希望得到某物，特别用于效果不好而动机良好的场合。

词源解说

• ☆ 14年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的intendre，意为引起某人的注意；最初源自古典拉丁语的intendere，意为转移注意力。

近反义词

【近义词】

• mean 意思是
• propose 打算
• aim 目标
• plan 计划
• contemplate 注视
• design 设计
• anticipate 预期
• expect 预期
• mind 头脑
• in 在 ... 里
• have 已经
• have in mind 考虑到
• purpose 目的
• specify 详细说明
• signify 表示
• designate 指定
• destine 注定
• stand for 代表
• think 认为