n.[U]
    
      - 意圖,目的[+to-v]
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The man was charged with 
intent to kill.
那人被指控蓄意謀殺罪。
 
      - 意思,含義
 
    
    a.
    
      - 熱切的,急切的
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There was an 
intent look on the young mother's face when she listened to her daughter reciting.
那位年輕媽媽在聽女兒朗誦時臉上露出熱切的神情。
 
      - 專心致志的;堅決要做的[F][(+on/upon)]
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He's 
intent on his work.
他正專心於工作。
He was 
intent on going abroad for advanced studies.
他一心想出國深造。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    to all intents and purposes
    
      - 實質上
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To all intents and purposes the business is my cousin's.
實質上商店是我表哥的。
  
    
   
  衍生
  
    ad.
    intently
    n. [U]
    intentness
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
 intention or purpose.
adj.
  - 
(intent on/upon)
 determined to do. 
▸attentively occupied with.
 - showing earnest and eager attention.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - to all intents and purposes
 in all important respects.  - with intent
 Law  with the intention of committing a crime. 
   
  Derivative
  
    - intently adv.
  - intentness n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. entent, entente, based on L. intendere (see intend).