英语词汇“aim”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	aim
释义	aim I. \ˈām\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English aimen, amen to guess, estimate, aim, from Middle French aesmer & esmer; Middle French aesmer from Old French, from a- (from Latin ad-) + esmer, from Latin aestimare to estimate — more at esteem *intransitive verb* 1. : to direct a course: as a. : to point in a particular direction or at a particular object < that gun is aiming straight at me — V.C.Aldrich > b. : to channel efforts toward a goal < officer-candidate schools toward which men … can aim — J.J.O'Donnell > < the monastic scholars did not aim high — R.W.Southern > 2. obsolete : to guess with intent to discover meaning or truth < aim at another man's speech > < aim at suspected enmity > 3. : to have as a purpose : plan, intend — used only with infinitive < he aims to encourage mutual understanding — Saturday Review > < this book aims to effect a partial remedy of this situation — E.A.Maziarz > < I aim to finish up this job — I.S.Cobb > *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : guess, conjecture 2. a. : to direct or point (as a weapon or a missile) at or so as to hit an object < on the lawn a small cannon was aimed into space > < a camera was aimed at the scene > < he aimed the rock at the dog > b. : to direct (as an act or proceeding) at or toward a specified object or attainment < the study was aimed at developing a comparative picture — New York Times > < the haphazard transcription inevitable in work aimed solely at vocabulary collecting — Stanley Newman > c. : to intend for < a new printing press aimed at medium and small-sized newspapers — Wall Street Journal > < radio and TV shows aimed at juvenile audiences — Current Biography > II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English aime, ame, from aimen, amen, v. 1. obsolete : the point intended to be hit (as by an arrow) : mark, target 2. : the pointing of a weapon (as a gun) at an object intended to be hit < to take aim at the target > a. : the ability to hit a target < his aim was deadly > b. : effectiveness of a weapon < the aim is accurate up to 75 feet > 3. obsolete a. : conjecture, guess < a man may prophesy, with a near aim, of the main chance of things — Shakespeare > b. : the directing of effort toward an object in order to affect it c. : direction or guidance as to a course or procedure to be followed 4. : the object intended to be attained : purpose, design < his aim being the translation of certain religious and devotional writings — Edward Clodd > < the aim of the Elizabethans was to attain complete realism — T.S.Eliot > < the only fault I find in the book is a certain lack of aim — Geoffrey Boumphrey > < such exaggeration is purely impressionistic in aim — R.M.Weaver > Synonyms: see intention
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