intention 的用法及固定搭配

intention

1.intention在单独用的时候,后面通常接不定式,如intention to be useful和intention to help everybody。intention前面用了my,your,no,the,an,some,any,all,every等词,后面通常接of和动名词,如my intention of going,no intention of doing so,some intention of trying again和every intention of seeing them。复数形式intentions后接of和动名词,如intentions of doing good。

2.intention in ...ing和intention of ...ing意思不同,比较下面两句:

  • My intention in writing this book is to tell the story of the poet's life from my personal knowledge of him.
  • I have told the poet of my intention of telling the story of his life from my personal knowledge of him.

3.intentions并不专指“多个意图”,如下面各句里的intentions并没有“多个”的意思:

  • I don't doubt your intentions, but I wonder whether you are doing it in the right way.
  • Philip meditated a fresh attempt, but concealed his intentions.
  • Everybody believes in the good intentions of the promoters of the plan.