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Intention One's Sth Stretch Direct Attention Action 2534.Intention

正面 2534.intention
英 [ɪn'tenʃ(ə)n]美 [ɪn'tɛnʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 意图;目的;意向;愈合
例句:
1. The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

1. in- + tent- + -ion.2. 含义:stretch into sth, stretch on sth. => direct one's attention into sth, direct one's attention on sth.3. 动词intend的名词形式。noun of action from intend.4. 在内心伸展. 在内心、心中盘算。
intention 意图,目的来自intent,意图,目的。
intention (n.)mid-14c., from Old French entencion "stretching, intensity, will, thought" (12c.), from Latin intentionem (nominative intentio) "a stretching out, straining, exertion, effort; attention," noun of action from intendere "to turn one's attention," literally "to stretch out" (see intend)."

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