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intent

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in·tent1 /ɪnˈtent/ ●○○ adjectiveadj  
1  be intent on/upon (doing) something DETERMINEDto be determined to do something or achieve something 执意做某事
 She was intent on pursuing a career in business.
她决意要在商界谋求一职。
Examples from the Corpus
be intent on/upon (doing) something• His best work is done far in advance, and he is intent on broadening his base.• Mr Mieno is still talking and acting tough because he is intent on bursting the speculative bubbles in shares and property.• Abortion foes are intent on changing the laws allowing abortion.• Even then, too, Alvin was intent on displaying the male dancer in all his vitality.• The staff at Howard were intent on giving their students the best they could offer.• No-one spoke, everyone was intent on listening.• If his opponents were intent on overplaying their hand, it could only improve his position with the cardinal.• The company is intent upon shielding them from the prying eyes of reporters.• And as they were intent on their work, Bill was getting hysterical, calling his agent.
2  ATTENTIONgiving careful attention to something so that you think about nothing else 专注的，专心致志的
 his intent gaze
他专注的凝视
intent on/upon
 Intent upon her work, she didn’t notice the cold.
她专注于工作，忘记了寒冷。
—intently adverbadv
 Jake listened intently.
杰克专注地听着。
Examples from the Corpus
intent• The children were all intent and serious.• an intent gaze• The Hammonds, intent on fraud, certainly would not have explained the proposed sale transaction to Mrs. Steed.• He is intent only on saving his own skin.• He couldn't have observed her intent scrutiny which was fuelled by an unfamiliar feeling she found deeply shocking.• They were wide and very intent, the pupils dilated, and an expression of most extraordinary expectancy on her face.• Still onward pressed the columns, each seemingly intent to be ahead and enter first the rebel works.
intent on/upon• The smooth tones had the silky menace of an inquisitor intent on a confession.• He was intent on educating me, this distant kin, and I was grateful.• Socialist politicians seemed intent on forging a new unity and modernising their hard-left policies.• The convictions certainly will provide more political fodder for Republicans intent on keeping the issue before voters.• However, it was obvious that she was intent on making a spectacle of herself.• She was still intent on presenting herself as a woman in her early forties.• Band members were intent on their instruments as they played.• The guerrillas are well disciplined, and intent on winning villagers over to their cause.
Related topics: Law
intent2 ●○○ noun [uncountableU]  
1  formalINTEND what you intend to do 目的，意图 SYN intention
 She behaved foolishly but with good intent.
她干了蠢事，却是出于一片好意。
2  lawSCL the intention to do something illegal （犯罪）意图
with intent (to do something)
 Jones was found guilty of wounding with intent.
琼斯被裁定犯有蓄意伤害罪。
 He is charged with possession of a gun with intent to commit a robbery.
他被控持枪意图抢劫。
3  to all intents and purposes  (also for all intents and purposes American English)ALMOST used to say that a situation is not exactly as you describe it, but the effect is the same as if it were 实际上；差不多等于
 The war was, to all intents and purposes, over.
战争实际上已结束。
Examples from the Corpus
intent• Bock looked frightened, but Grigoriev's face was predatory and full of avid intent.• At times, without ill intent, we overburden ourselves.• It is not my intent to deny the value of university education.• It was not my intent or purpose to injure her.• His team certainly were, and as a reflection of new intent, they quickly got the turning-point goal.• It will culminate Wednesday, the first day that binding letters of intent may be signed.• At Guinness, these principles constitute our Strategic Intent. you have already seen the first part of that intent.• The intent of the change was to give local officials more power to make decisions.• He was convicted of abduction with intent to defile and could be sentenced to 20 years to life imprisonment.• He was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to sell.• The gun was fired with intent.• Redmond denied attempted murder but admitted wounding with intent.
with intent (to do something)• This subsection creates two offences: robbery and assault with intent to rob.• They have also pleaded not guilty to causing the explosion and possessing explosives with intent to endanger life.• Goth appeared before Teesside magistrates on Monday on a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent and was bailed.• Facts: pleaded guilty to possessing heroin with intent to supply.• Middleton had denied breaking into the bank on 6 December last year while acting with others, with intent to steal.• He was acquitted of rape, attempted murder, administering poison with intent and kidnapping.• The appellant was convicted of wounding with intent.
From Longman Business Dictionary
intentin·tent1 /ɪnˈtent/ noun [uncountableU]
1an intention
intent to do something
The two software companies have signed a letter of intent to merge.
→ see also declaration of intent
2LAW the intention to do something illegal
intent to do something
He pleaded guilty to charges of possessing unauthorized computer access codes with intent to defraud.
intentintent2 adjectiveadj
be intent on doing something to be determined to do or achieve something
The company is intent on expanding its oil and gas production business.
Origin intent1
(1600-1700) Latin intentus, a past participle of intendere; → INTEND
 intent2
(1200-1300) Old French entent, from Latin intentus, from a past participle of intendere; → INTEND
in·tent1 adjectiveadjintent2 noun
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