intentional
adjectiveWord Family
- intend verb
- intended adjective (≠ unintended)
- intention noun
- intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
- intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)
done deliberately 故意的；有意的；存心的 I'm sorry I left you off the list—it wasn't intentional. 很抱歉没把你列入名单，我不是有意的。 an intentional act of cruelty 故意的残酷行为 It is difficult to prove whether their actions were negligent or intentional. 很难证明他们的行为是过失还是故意的。 She felt she was a victim of intentional discrimination. 她觉得自己遭到蓄意歧视。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntentional is used with these nouns:- act
- deception
- destruction
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘existing only in intention’): from French intentionnel or medieval Latin intentionalis, from Latin intentio(n-), from intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.