intent

意図、目的

誰かがしようと考えたり、目指したりしていること。

やさしい英語で： What you plan or mean to do.

• My intent was to help.
• He explained his original intent.
• We acted with no intent to cause harm.

使い方： intent to do something (She showed a clear intent to cooperate.)

類義語： intention, purpose, aim

よく使う表現： original intent, with intent, clear intent, stated intent

故意、犯意

犯罪を行う際に、本人が意識してしようとしていたこと。

やさしい英語で： What someone meant to do when they committed a crime.

• The court must establish intent.
• The prosecution failed to prove criminal intent.
• She denied acting with intent to kill.

使い方： with intent to do something (He entered the building with intent to steal.)

類義語： criminal intention

よく使う表現： criminal intent, prove intent, intent to kill

固く決意した、意欲的な

何かを強く望み、諦めようとしない。

やさしい英語で： Strongly wanting to do something and unwilling to give up.

• He is intent on winning.
• They seemed intent on leaving early.
• Why are you so intent on buying that house?

使い方： intent on something/doing something (She is intent on starting her own business.)

類義語： determined, resolved, set

よく使う表現： intent on winning, intent on success, seem intent

集中した、熱心な

一つのことに注意をすべて向けている。

やさしい英語で： Giving all your attention to something.

• She watched with an intent gaze.
• He was intent on his work.
• Their intent expressions showed how closely they were listening.

使い方： intent on something/doing something (He was so intent on reading that he missed his stop.)

類義語： focused, absorbed, attentive

反対語： distracted, inattentive

よく使う表現： intent gaze, intent expression, intent on reading