intend
Definitions
To plan or mean to do something
打算，计划做某事
To design or mean something for a particular purpose or person
意指；打算让……用于（某目的/某人）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedin- (toward) + tend (stretch) = "to stretch the mind toward" a goal. Note this in- means "toward," not "not." Picture aiming a drawn bow at a target: your intention is wherever your thoughts are pointed. To intend to do something is to have your mind already stretched in that direction.
Root tend still carries 40 more wordsWhy It Means This
Intend comes from Latin intendere, "to stretch toward." The mental image is an aimed bow: your purpose is the target, your thoughts the arrow drawn back and pointed. This is why a whole cluster of meaning-and-aim words share the root — intention (the aimed-at goal), intent (firmly aimed), intense (stretched tight). When you intend something, your mind is already leaning in its direction.
Common Collocations
- 1.intend to do打算做
- 2.intended for供……使用
- 3.fully intend完全打算
- 4.originally intended原本打算
Example Sentences
- 1.
We intend to launch the product early next year.
- 2.
I didn't intend to hurt your feelings.
- 3.
This room was originally intended as a study.