target

• n. 目標
• vt......を目標にする；......を目標に設定する；何かを目標にする
• n. （目標）人名；（仏）Targe；（英）Taggart

古フランス語のtarge（丸い盾、小さな盾）から、原ゲルマン語*targo（端、終点）から、PIE*dargh（囲いのかけら、柵）から。PIE*darghから、囲いのかけら、フェンス。

target (n.)

c. 1300, "shield," diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe "light shield" (12c.), from Frankish *targa "shield," from Proto-Germanic *targ- (cognates: Old High German zarga "edging, border," German zarge "border, edge, frame," Old English targe, Old Norse targa "shield, buckler"), perhaps originally "edge of a shield." Meaning "round object to be aimed at in shooting" first recorded 1757, originally in archery, perhaps suggested by the concentric circles in both. Target-practice is from 1801. Target audience is by 1951; early reference is to Cold War psychological warfare.

target (v.)

"to use as a target," 1837, from target (n.). Earlier it meant "to shield" (1610s). Related: Targeted; targeting.

1. We aimed the microscope at a likely looking target .

顕微鏡を適切に見える目標に合わせました。

2.I struck the ball cleanly and my shot was on target .

私はてきぱきとボールを打って、目標に命中した。

3.We were still right on target for our deadline.

期限までに目標を達成する可能性があります。

4.She was a prime target for blackmail,don 't you see？

彼女は詐欺の主な目標だ。見えないのか？

5.This is a target which is surely within the realm of possibility.

これは完全に可能な目標です。