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intentionally

/in-ten-shuh-nl-ee/US // ɪnˈtɛn ʃə nl i //

故意,故意的,故意为之,蓄意

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : on purpose; with conscious intent: Intentionally weakening standards is shortsighted and unethical to the extreme.The hives are constructed out of a light-colored wood finished in a color intentionally reminiscent of honey.
    • : with deliberate consciousness or focus:Our hope is that people with opposing points of view will engage intentionally over coffee, or better yet, a meal together.

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Examples

  • The low numbers were partially intentional, with the museums capping attendance and operating on a reduced schedule.

  • Kumar said we should be intentional about how we interact with others, and we shouldn’t let fears of awkwardness dictate how we communicate.

  • The agency has the power to fine businesses $2,500 for each violation of the CPRA or $7,500 for what it deems are “intentional violations” or those that involve minors.

  • Second, those who were left out by intentional policy choices — namely, the spouses and children of undocumented immigrants and approximately 2 million inmates of prisons and jails.

  • The Governing Board and I celebrate the growth and change we have made as a college and remain committed to this intentional work.

  • “Lying is intentionally, intentionally misleading someone, all right,” he told Newsmax.

  • The marketing for the film was designed to intentionally mislead viewers into believing that it was based on a true story.

  • We have intentionally kept Pomplamoose very light and fun.

  • That a few white and Western-trained doctors have intentionally used disease to harm Africans in the past.

  • There are people who intentionally stoke the flames of hate against our community.

  • Though monuments may be moved intentionally or by natural causes, they can be more trusted in the long run of things.

  • To cease living together for the time fixed by statute is not desertion unless this was done intentionally.

  • If an inventor intentionally conceals facts or misleads the public by an erroneous description, his patent is void.

  • But death—the taking of life—was a selective process, intentionally executed, the result a foreseen conclusion.

  • Needless to add that this is ambitious confectioner's verse, intentionally nonsensical.