INTENTION

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Traducere în limba română

intention substantiv

1. (înv.) încordare, zel, râvnă.

2. intenţie; scop, ţel, ţintă;

done without intention făcut fără intenţie, neintenţionat;

with the intention of cu intenţia de a, cu scopul de a;

to have an intention to a avea intenţia să;

to carry out an intention a-şi realiza intenţia;

(prov.) the way to hell is paved with good intentions intenţia nepusă în fapt nu are nici o valoare;

(fam.) he has intentions are intenţii serioase, vrea să se căsătorească.

3. (filoz.) concept, noţiune / concepţie / idee generală;

first intentions concepte primare;

second intentions concepte / concepte derivate.

4. (med.) first intention cicatrizare fără supuraţie;

second intention cicatrizare cu granulaţii.

He writes with that intention, and in that hope.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I had already formed the intention of asking her to lend it to me some day.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

James Morland's second letter was then received, and the kind intentions of his father fully explained.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

“No,” said he, perceiving her evil intention, “I will not give you the light until I am standing with both feet upon the ground.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

With this intention, I called a cab and drove out to my house at Streatham, carrying the jewel with me.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I'm afraid I got beyond my depth in it, but my intentions were good.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

There can be no possible doubt as to their intentions.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Yates was beginning now to understand Sir Thomas's intentions, though as far as ever from understanding their source.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

She promised, however, to think of it; and pretty nearly promised, moreover, to think of it, with the intention of finding it a very good scheme.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

My intentions were not always wrong.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)