intention

• n. 意図；目的；意図；癒し

意図、意思、目的。

intention (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French entencion "stretching, intensity, will, thought" (12c.), from Latin intentionem (nominative intentio) "a stretching out, straining, exertion, effort; attention," noun of action from intendere "to turn one's attention," literally "to stretch out" (see intend).

1. The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.

大統領は地上部隊を配備するつもりはないと述べた。

2.Giovanni plied him with questions with the intention of proloning his stay.

ジョヴァンニはしつこく質問して、引きずり込もうとした。

3.Our intention was to demolish the rumours that have surrounded him.

私たちの目的は、彼を取り巻くデマを徹底的に打ち破ることです。

4.Their intention is not to become involved in explicitly political activities.

彼らは明らかに政治的な活動に参加するつもりはありません。

5.Commitments have been made with very little intention of carrying them out.

約束はしたが、実際にやるつもりはほとんどない。