| 单词 | intended |
| 释义 | intended (once / 82 pages) adj Something intended is done on purpose. The intended outcome of a meeting is the result that everyone is planning and hoping for. A robber's intended victim is the person whose purse he means to snatch, and the intended destination of a hot air balloon is the spot where its pilot expects to land. An old-fashioned way to use this word is as a noun, meaning "fiancee" or "person I plan to marry." Intended comes from the verb intend, or "plan," from the Latin intendere, "turn one's attention" or "have as a plan." WORD FAMILYintended: intendedly, unintended+/intend: intended, intending, intends, intention/intention: intentional, intentions/intentional: intentionality, intentionally, unintentional/unintended: unintendedly/unintentional: unintentionally USAGE EXAMPLESCouriers may be useful if you and your intended recipient are in the same city. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The document was intended to help companies mitigate Russian hacking and report any suspicious activity to the government. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “It was originally intended to help the Cuban people by providing greater freedoms,” Ms. Quintana said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj resulting from one's intentions your intended trip abroad an intended insult Syn|Ant conscious, witting intentionally conceived calculated, deliberate, measuredcarefully thought out in advance intentional, knowingcharacterized by conscious design or purpose well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meantmarked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results motivatedprovided with a motive or given incentive for action planneddesigned or carried out according to a plan premeditatedcharacterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning unintended not deliberate accidental, inadvertenthappening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally causeless, fortuitous, uncausedhaving no cause or apparent cause unintentional, unplanned, unwittingnot done with purpose or intent unmotivatedwithout motivation unplannedwithout apparent forethought or prompting or planning 2adj future; betrothed his intended bride Syn attached, committed associated in an exclusive sexual relationship |
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