intention, intent, design

名詞 intention:

1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
   同義詞：purpose, intent, aim, design
2. (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal
3. an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out

1. I have no intention of coming to this terrible place again!
   我再也不想到這個糟糕的地方來了。
2. Have you heard of her intention to resign?
   你聽到她打算辭職的傳聞了嗎？
3. They have no intention of getting married at present.
   他們目前沒有結婚的打算。

in.ten.tion

n.（名詞）
A course of action that one intends to follow.
意向，意圖：想要追隨的行動方向

An aim that guides action; an objective.
指導行動的目標；目標
intentions Purpose with respect to marriage:
intentions 求婚意圖：
例句：
honorable intentions.
高尚的求婚意圖

Philosophy A concept arising from directing the attention toward an object.
【哲學】 意念：由將注意力放到某物體上而來的概念
Medicine The process by which or the manner in which a wound heals.
【醫(yī)學】 愈合：傷口愈合的過程或方式
Archaic Import; meaning.
【古語】 意義；含義

來源：
Middle English entencioun
中古英語 entencioun
from Old French intention
源自 古法語 intention
from Latin intentiô intentiôn-
源自 拉丁語 intentiô intentiôn-
from intentus [intent] [from past participle of] intendere [to direct attention] * see intend
源自 intentus [意圖] [] 源自intendere的過去分詞 [注意] *參見 intend

<參考詞匯><同義詞>intention,intent,purpose,goal,end,aim,object,objectiveThese nouns refer to what one intends to do or achieve.
這些名詞都指人想要做或達到的東西。
Intention simply signifies a course of action that one proposes to follow:
Intention 只指某人想要追隨的行動方向：
例句：
It is not my intention to argue with you.
我不是想和你爭論。

Intent more strongly implies deliberateness:
Intent 有更強的故意的含義：
例句：
The executor tried to comply with the intent of the testator.
執(zhí)行人盡量遵照立遺囑之人的意圖。

Purpose strengthens the idea of resolution or determination:
Purpose 強調決心或決定的想法：
例句：
.His purpose was to discover how long these guests intended to stay. (Joseph Conrad).
.他想要知道這些客人打算呆多長時間. （約瑟夫·康羅伊）

Goal may suggest an idealistic or even a remote purpose:
Goal 可指理想的或甚至遙遠的目標：
例句：
.Black Power . . . is a call for black people to begin to define their own goals. (Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton).
.黑人權力…是對黑人確定自己目標的號召. （斯托克利·卡米歇爾和查爾斯·V·漢密爾頓）。

End suggests a long-range goal:
End 指長遠的目標：
例句：
It has been said that the end justifies the means.
據(jù)說目的正確即手段正當。

Aim stresses the direction one`s efforts take in pursuit of an end:
Aim 強調為追尋某種目的而努力的方向：
例句：
The aim of every performing artist is to achieve perfection of execution. Anobject is an end that one tries to carry out:
每個表演藝術家的目的都是為了達到盡善盡美。 object 是指某人試圖實施的目標：

例句：
.The chief object of the English was to establish . . . a great empire on the Continent. (Macaulay).
英國的主要目的是要在大陸上建立…一個偉大的帝國 （麥考利）。

Objective often implies that the end or goal can be reached:
Objective 通常指能夠達到的目的或目標：
例句：
.A major objective [of political liberalism] is the protection of the economic weak. (Wayne Morse).
主要的目標［政治自由主義的］ 是對經濟疲軟的保護 （韋恩·莫爾斯）