【intend音标】 英[ɪnˈtend] 美[ɪnˈtend]
【单词释义】 intend是什么意思：
vt.打算；想要；意欲，计划；为特殊目的而设计；为特定用途而打算；意指或意味
vi.怀有某种意图或目的
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] intends
[单词现在分词] intending
[单词过去式] intended
[单词过去分词] intended
【intend形近词/近似词】
attend v. 出席；照顾，照料；注意；关注
extend v. 扩大；延伸；扩展
distend v.（使）膨胀；（使）肿胀；（使）扩张
portend vt.预示；预兆；预告；给…以警告
pretend v.假装，伪装
tend v. 倾向，趋向；照料；照管
【单词例句】
◇ "These coffins," she said, "were intended for your brothers, but they secretly ran away before you were born," and she told her how everything had happened.
她说：“这些棺材是为你的哥哥们准备的，但他们在你出世前偷偷逃跑了。”王后把事情的的经过原原本本地告诉了小姑娘。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Intending to sniff some fresh air, he and his interpreter paid a fortnight visit there.
因为想要呼吸一下新鲜空气，他和翻译到那儿做了一次两周的访问。
---- Helping the Remote Village
◇ They were certainly not intended for mourning, but she had no others, and with stockingless feet she followed the poor straw coffin in them.
的确，这不是服丧时穿的东西；但是她却没有别的鞋子穿。所以她就把一双小赤脚伸进去，跟在一个简陋的棺材后面走。
---- The Red Shoes
◇ But she intended to become a doctor after she came across Lin Qiaozhi by chance, who was delivering medical courses to an audience crowding around her. Before moving off, Lin inspired her to carry on her study.
但是在她偶然遇见了林巧芝之后却打定注意想要成为一名医生，当时林巧芝正在给拥挤在她身边的观众传授医疗课程，在离开之前，林巧芝鼓舞她继续坚持学习。
---- A Woman Doctor-Lina
◇ Doctors say a sneeze, or sternutation, is intended to release foreign, and potentially damaging, particles, irritants or germs. Stopping it not only risks rupturing the throat, but could encourage the build of bacteria or trigger an asthma attack.
医生说，打喷嚏的目的是释放外来的具有潜在危害性的颗粒物、刺激物或细菌。止住喷嚏不但有撕裂喉咙的风险，还可能助长细菌滋生或引发哮喘。