单词 | intent |
释义 | in·tent /in-'tent/ n 1: the act or fact of intending: as a: the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act – called also criminal intent; compare knowledge, mens rea, motive, negligence b: the purpose to commit a tortious act having consequences that the actor desires and believes or knows will occur constructive intent: intent that is inferred to exist (as from willfulness or recklessness) in relation to an act criminal intent: intent (1a) general intent: intent to perform an illegal act without the desire for further consequences or a precise result there was a general intent to assault but not to kill specific intent: intent to perform an illegal act with the knowledge or purpose that particular results will or may ensue assaulted him with specific intent to kill trans·ferred intent 1: intent attributed to a person who intends to cause another harm when the harm is accidentally inflicted on an unintended victim 2: a doctrine in tort and criminal law: a wrongdoer who causes harm to a person other than the one intended may nevertheless be held to have intended the harmful result 2 a: intendment see also legislative intent b: the purpose of a document (as a contract or will) c: the aim or goal of a person in creating a document or taking an action the court's attempt to fulfill the donor's ~ the ~ of the contracting parties implied by their language see also original intent with intent: with the intent to commit another sometimes specified crime entered the apartment with intent to commit theft therein a drug dealer charged with possession with intent |
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