intended
adjective🔊/ɪnˈtendɪd/
🔊/ɪnˈtendɪd/
Word Family
- intend verb
- intended adjective (≠ unintended)
- intention noun
- intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
- intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)
- [only before noun]
that you are trying to achieve or reach 意欲达到的;打算的;计划的 the intended purpose 原来的目的 the intended audience 预期的观众 The bullet missed its intended target. 子弹未击中预定的目标。 🔊🔊 The intended victims were selected because they seemed vulnerable. 选这些人下手是因为他们看起来容易得手。 We got lost and ended up miles away from our intended destination. 我们迷了路,结果到了离我们预定目的地好几英里远的地方。
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planned or designed for somebody/something 为…打算(或设计)的 - intended for somebody/something
The book is intended for children. 这本书是为儿童写的。 🔊🔊 The rooms were intended for use as laboratories. 房间打算用作实验室。 - intended as something
The notes are intended as an introduction to the course. 这些笔记的目的是作为对这门课程的介绍。 🔊🔊 - intended to be/do something
This list is not intended to be a complete catalogue. 这张清单并非要做成一张完整的目录。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesThe bomb was probably intended for a well-known human rights campaigner. 那颗炸弹很可能是要炸一位著名的人权活动家。 It was thought that the bomb might have been intended for a visiting MP. 人们认为这枚炸弹可能是针对一位来访的议员。 The planned pipeline is intended ro provide the country with 30 billion cubic metres of gas. 计划中的管道旨在为该国提供300亿立方米的天然气。
- intended for somebody/something