intent/design/intention.导航词义：意向，目的

1. intent:n. 意图.指某人做某事的目的；也可作法律术语，指犯罪意图。

The company has declared its intent to get a bank loan.

该公司已宣布打算向银行贷款。

He broke the window with the intent to enter and steal.

他打破窗户意图入室行窃。

He denies possessing the gun with the intent to commit robbery.

他否认持有枪械是为了抢劫。

2. design:n. 意图，目的.指在头脑中形成的计划，有时含贬义。

He believed that this had happened by design.

他认为这件事是事先安排的。

What is your opinion on his grand designs for the company?

关于他对公司的这些宏图大计，你有什么想法？

3. intention:n. 意图，目的.普通用词，指做某事的打算或计划。

I came to London with the intention of studying English literature.

我来伦敦是为了学习英国文学。

She has no intention of making an apology to John.

她不打算向约翰道歉。

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1·His intent is clearly not to placate his critics.

他的目的显然不是要安抚批评他的人。《牛津词典》

2·I was so intent on my work that I didn't notice the time.

我专心工作，以致忘了时间。《牛津词典》

3·His intent was to connect college students.

他的目的是把大学生联系起来。

4·The children don't know that you can do something with the intent to deceive.

孩子们不知道你可以做一些带有欺骗意图的事情。

5·Right now it is totally focused on the journey; its undivided intent is arrival.

现在它完全专注于旅程；它唯一的目的就是到达。

6·This can indicate a number of things and can also be used to consciously send messages about intent.

这可以表明很多事情，也可以用来有意识地传递关于意图的信息。

7·He silently pleaded with me, almost as if to ask me why I was so intent on keeping him in the ignorance of childhood.

他在无声地恳求我，几乎像是在问我，为什么我如此坚决地要让他对童年一无所知。

8·Her intent may be to appeal over the heads of Paris's chattering classes, provoking a deliberate confrontation between polite opinion and popular sentiment.

她的意图可能是要在巴黎那些喋喋不休的阶层中引起共鸣，从而在礼貌的意见和大众的情绪之间引发一场深思熟虑的对抗。

9·Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption, the justices found.

法官们发现，除非有明确意图向那些官员施加压力，否则仅帮助送礼者与其他官员接触机会就不是腐败。

10·The inner life of a writer often says more than most readers can know; the mind of a reader can discover truths that go beyond the intent or perhaps even the comprehension of the writer.

一个作家的内心生活往往比大多数读者所能知道的更多；读者的思想能够发现超越作者意图之外的真理，甚至有可能理解作者。

意图

1·The children don't know that you can do something with the intent to deceive.

孩子们不知道你可以做一些带有欺骗意图的事情。

2·This can indicate a number of things and can also be used to consciously send messages about intent.

这可以表明很多事情，也可以用来有意识地传递关于意图的信息。

3·Her intent may be to appeal over the heads of Paris's chattering classes, provoking a deliberate confrontation between polite opinion and popular sentiment.

她的意图可能是要在巴黎那些喋喋不休的阶层中引起共鸣，从而在礼貌的意见和大众的情绪之间引发一场深思熟虑的对抗。

4·Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption, the justices found.

法官们发现，除非有明确意图向那些官员施加压力，否则仅帮助送礼者与其他官员接触机会就不是腐败。

5·The inner life of a writer often says more than most readers can know; the mind of a reader can discover truths that go beyond the intent or perhaps even the comprehension of the writer.

一个作家的内心生活往往比大多数读者所能知道的更多；读者的思想能够发现超越作者意图之外的真理，甚至有可能理解作者。

目的

1·His intent is clearly not to placate his critics.

他的目的显然不是要安抚批评他的人。《牛津词典》

2·His intent was to connect college students.

他的目的是把大学生联系起来。

3·Right now it is totally focused on the journey; its undivided intent is arrival.

现在它完全专注于旅程；它唯一的目的就是到达。

4·But it is our intent that they learn something.

但是让他们学习些什么是我们的目的。

5·His intent was to somehow use the launcher he had.

他的目的是设法使用他已有的运载火箭。

专心的

1·I was so intent on my work that I didn't notice the time.

我专心工作，以致忘了时间。《牛津词典》

2·There was no sound at all save that of breathing, the faint, steady suspiration of complete and intent listening .

那儿除呼吸声和那全神贯注、专心静听的人们的轻微而又均匀的叹息外，一片寂静。

3·But no, a swift retreat is all he seems intent on, And he pulls away from me.

但是并不，一次迅速的撤退是他好像专心于的全部，并且他离开我。

4·This exclusion from liability does not apply in the event of intent or gross negligence by the management or leading employees of the Seller.

排除不专心或重大过失情形下由卖主的管理或主导雇员所导致的。

决心的

1·The rebels are obviously intent on keeping up the pressure.

反叛分子显然决心继续施加压力。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·It is because Mila and Oa were so intent upon ascending in this lifetime that any dream that would have lead to the multitudes knowing of their work has been cancelled from their dream weaving.

正是因为Mila和Oa对此生提升有如此大的决心，以至于任何会让他们的工作被广泛得知的梦想被从他们的梦想编织中取消。

3·Moreover, after playing for four teams during his nine-year NBA career without advancing into a championship series, Artest is by all reports intent on winning a ring.

另外，在NBA的9个年头、共效力过4只队伍却没有进入总决赛，所有的消息都显示，阿泰决心要一枚总冠军戒指。

(1)intent on专心致志于；抱定决心要实行

(1)letter of intentn. 意向书；合同之草约