aim

英 [e?m] 美[em]

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復數:?aims;第三人稱單數:?aims;過去式:?aimed;過去分詞:?aimed;現在分詞:?aiming;

1. 由古法語 Old French aesmer ( from Latin aestimare "appraise" ) 縮略、簡化而來。
2. 同源詞：estimate, esteem, aim.

aim 估計

estimate的縮寫。

aim: aim: [14] Etymologically, aim is a contraction of estimate (see ESTEEM). The Latin verb aestimāre became considerably shortened as it developed in the various Romance languages (Italian has stimare, for instance, and Proven?al esmar). In Old French its descendant was esmer, to which was added the prefix a- (from Latin ad- ‘to’), producing aesmer; and from one or both of these English acquired aim. The notion of estimating or calculating was carried over into the English verb, but died out after about a hundred years. However, the derived sense of calculating, and hence directing, one’s course is of equal antiquity in the language.
=> esteem, estimate
aim (v.): early 14c., "to estimate, calculate," also "to intend," from Old French aesmer "value, rate; count, estimate," from Latin aestimare "appraise" (see estimation); current meaning apparently developed from "esteem," to "calculate," to "calculate with a view to action" (c. 1400), then to "direct a missile, a blow, etc." (1570s). Related: Aimed; aiming.
aim (n.): early 14c., "target;" late 14c., "guess;" from aim (v.). Meaning "action of aiming" is from early 15c. (to take aim, originally make aim); that of "thing intended, purpose" is from 1620s.

1. Republican strategists are taking particular aim at Democratic senators.: 共和黨的戰略家正尖銳地攻擊民主黨的參議員。

2. Their ultimate aim was a market economy for Hungary.: 他們最終的目標是為匈牙利建立起市場經濟體制。

4. The magazine's aim is to discuss topical issues within a Christian framework.: 該雜志的宗旨是在基督教框架下討論時下的熱門話題。