/ɪnˈtend ||; ɪnˈtɛnd/verb[T] 1 intend to do sth/doing sth to plan or mean to do sth 计划;打算: I'm afraid I spent more money than I had intended. 我的开支恐怕超出了预算。I certainly don't intend to wait here all day! 我当然不打算在这儿等一整天!They had intended staying in Wales for two weeks but the weather was so bad that they left after one. 他们本来打算在威尔士逗留两个星期,可是天气太差,只待一个星期便离开了。 ☞noun intention 名词为intention
2 intend sth for sb/sth;intend sb to do sth to plan, mean or make sth for a particular person or purpose 为…而准备;预定;打算使…: You shouldn't have read that letter -- it wasn't intended for you. 你不该看那封信,它不是给你的。I didn't intend you to have all the work. 我没有想让你把所有工作都包揽下来。