intention是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 意图， 意向， 目的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She promised, however, to think of it; and pretty near-ly promised, moreover, to think of it, with the intention of finding it a very good scheme.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She did not adjust her hat, or pat her hair, or press a dimple into shape, or do one thing to signify that any such intention had been her motive in taking up the glass.
-- Still, this was but conjecture, and the whole series of actions was so idly put forth as to make it rash to assert that intention had any part in them at all.
-- She that day nearly formed the intention of begging his pardon on the very next occasion of their meeting.
-- "Well, I mean to my face, as you do," she went on, allowing herself to be further lured into a conversation that intention had rigorously forbidden.
-- She had expressed to Oak an intention to wait till Boldwood came home before communicating to him her conclusive reply.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She expended no small amount of ingenuity in a sort of weeding process of her lodgers, announcing her intention of receiving henceforward none but people who were in every way select.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing.
-- Great God!If for one instant I had thought what might be the hellish intention of my fiendish adversary, I would rather have banished myself forever from my native coun-try and wandered a friendless outcast over the earth than have consented to this miserable marriage.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Scarlett had no intention of leaving, no intention of placing herself where she could not have the first news ofAshley.
-- And she arose the next morning with the fixed intention ofpacking her trunk immediately after breakfast.
-- But outnumbering these by far were men who, though carried on company rolls as deserters,had no intention of deserting permanently.
-- "And I have no intention of mending them.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr. Camilla interposing, as Mrs. Camilla laid her hand upon her heaving bosom, that lady assumed an unnatural fortitude of manner which I supposed to be expressive of an intention to drop and choke when out of view, and kissing her hand to Miss Havisham, was escorted forth.
-- At breakfast-time my sister declared her intention of going to town with us, and being left at Uncle Pumblechook's and called for "when we had done with our fine ladies"--a way of putting the case, from which Joe appeared inclined to augur the worst.
-- "And you have reared the boy, with the intention of taking him for your apprentice; is that so, Mr.
-- He never even seemed to come to his work on purpose, but would slouch in as if by mere accident; and when he went to the Jolly Bargemen to eat his dinner, or went away at night, he would slouch out, like Cain or the Wandering Jew, as if he had no idea where he was going and no intention of ever coming back.
-- I am empowered to mention that it is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand by word of mouth to yourself.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Gretel ran, and looked to see who was there, and when she saw the guest, she put her finger to her lips and said: 'Hush!hush!go away as quickly as you can, if my master catches you it will be the worse for you; he cer-tainly did ask you to supper, but his intention is to cut off your two ears.
-- Although their intention was to pre-serve such material as part of German cultural and literary history, and their collection was first published with schol-arly notes and no illustration, the tales soon came into the possession of young readers.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- My intention was to reach, if possible, one of those islands.
-- A strange effect of narrow principles and views!that a prince possessed of every quality which procures venera-tion, love, and esteem; of strong parts, great wisdom, and profound learning, endowed with admirable talents, and almost adored by his subjects, should, from a nice, unneces-sary scruple, whereof in Europe we can have no conception, let slip an opportunity put into his hands that would have made him absolute master of the lives, the liberties, and the fortunes of his people!Neither do I say this, with the least intention to detract from the many virtues of that excellent king, whose character, I am sensible, will, on this account, be very much lessened in the opinion of an English reader: but I take this defect among them to have risen from their ignorance, by not having hitherto reduced politics into a science, as the more acute wits of Europe have done.
-- To this I added another petition, 'that for the sake of my patron the king of Luggnagg, his majesty would condescend to excuse my performing the ceremony imposed on my countrymen, of trampling upon the cru-cifix: because I had been thrown into his kingdom by my misfortunes, without any intention of trading.'
-- This indeed would be too great a mortification, if Iwrote for fame: but as my sole intention was the public good, I cannot be altogether disappointed.
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