intend

intend, mean

这两个动词均有“想要、打算”之意。
intend: 较正式用词，但常用，指对未来的行动做出打算，并力争实现。
mean: 口语多用，指怀有作某事的想法或希望得到某物，特别用于效果不好而动机良好的场合。

动词 intend:

1. have in mind as a purpose
   同义词：mean, think
2. design or destine
   同义词：destine, designate, specify
3. mean or intend to express or convey
   同义词：mean
4. denote or connote
   同义词：mean, signify, stand for

1. The chair was intended for you, but she took it away.
   那把椅子原本是为你准备的，但是被她拿走了。
2. That remark was intended as a joke.
   那句话本来只是个玩笑。
3. I intended to catch the early train, but I didn't get up in time.
   我本来打算赶早班的火车，但是我起晚了。

in.tend

v.（动词）
in.tend.ed,in.tend.ing,in.tends
v.tr.（及物动词）
To have in mind; plan:
意欲；计划：
例句：
We intend to go. They intend going. You intended that she go.
我们打算去，他们要去你计划让她去

To design for a specific purpose.
为特殊目的而设计
To have in mind for a particular use.
为特定用途而打算
To signify or mean.
意指或意味
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To have a design or purpose in mind.
怀有某种意图或目的

来源：
Middle English entenden
中古英语 entenden
from Old French entendre
源自 古法语 entendre
from Latin intendere
源自 拉丁语 intendere
in- [toward] * see in- 2
in- [朝] *参见 in-2
tendere [to stretch] * see ten-
tendere [伸展] *参见 ten-