intend

1. V-T If you intend to do something, you have decided or planned to do it. 打算

Maybe he intends to leave her. 也許他打算離開(kāi)她。

What do you intend doing when you get to this place?

你打算到這里干什么？

2. V-T If something is intended for a particular purpose, it has been planned to fulfil that purpose. If something is intended for a particular person, it has been planned to be used by that person or to affect them in some way. 被用于 (某目的或某人)[usu passive]

This money is intended for the development of the tourist industry. 這筆錢(qián)是準(zhǔn)備用于發(fā)展旅游業(yè)的。

Columns are usually intended in architecture to add grandeur and status. 柱子被用于建筑通常是為了增添宏偉和高貴。

3. V-T If you intend a particular idea or feeling in something that you say or do, you want to express it or want it to be understood. 想要

He didn't intend any sarcasm. 他沒(méi)有任何諷刺的意思。

Barzun's response seemed a little patronizing, though he undoubtedly hadn't intended it that way. 巴曾的反應(yīng)好像顯得有點(diǎn)屈尊俯就，但無(wú)疑他不是想要那樣。