intention

詳細解釋：

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.
【醫學】 癒合：傷口癒合的過程或方式
Archaic Import; meaning.
【古語】 意義；含義

來源：
Middle English entencioun
中古英文 entencioun
from Old French intention
源自 古法文 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

<參考辭彙><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.
執行人儘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）