喜樂美語

You can picture the most concrete target: a round board with rings on it that an archer or shooter aims at. It is the one fixed spot that all your effort points toward. From that board grow the others — anything you aim at to hit, anything you aim at to reach, anyone you single out to act on. The board is gone but the aiming stays: a target is whatever your action is pointed at.

可以想成最具體的 target：一塊畫著圈圈的圓靶，射箭或射擊的人對著它瞄準。它就是「你所有力氣都指向的那一個定點」。其他意思都從這塊靶長出來——你想打中的東西、你想達到的數字、你特別挑出來下手的人。靶子不見了，但「瞄準」這件事還在：target 就是你的動作所對準的那個對象。

From the word’s history

From Old French 'targette', a small round shield. The little round shield gave its shape to the round shooting board you aim at, and 'aiming at it' became the heart of the word.

源自古法語 targette，意思是「小圓盾」。這面小圓盾的形狀後來給了人們瞄準用的圓靶，而「對著它瞄準」這個動作，就成了整個字的核心。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'target'

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

n複數 targets

v過去式 targeted過去分詞 targeted-ing targeting三單 targets

原始詞典資料22 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

targetnoun/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/

  • 1

    A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

    • Take careful aim at the target.
  • 2

    A goal or objective.

    • Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
    • They have a target to finish the project by November.
  • 3

    An object of criticism or ridicule.

  • 4

    A person, place, or thing that is frequently attacked, criticized, or ridiculed.

  • 5

    A kind of shield:

    • These four came all afront, and mainly thrust at me. I made me no more ado but took all their seven points in my target, thus.
  • 6

    obsoleteA kind of shield:

    • The Target (x) or Buckler (y) was carried by the heavy armed foot, it anſwered to the ſcutum of the Romans; its form was ſometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had its bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in its breadth.
  • 7

    governmentheraldryhobbiesA kind of shield:

    • The fourth field is also party per pale, and for the dutchy of Genevois, contains chequered Or and azure: The sinister for the dutchy of Montserat, a target, gules. The point Or is a black eagle of the county of Maurienne.
  • 8

    hobbieslifestylesportsThe pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

    • He made a good target.
另外 11 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    geographynatural-sciencessurveyingThe sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

  • 10

    rail-transportrailwaystransportA conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

  • 11

    ball-gamescricketgamesthe number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

  • 12

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesThe tenor of a metaphor.

  • 13

    category-theorycomputingengineeringThe codomain of a function; the object at which a morphism points.

    • Coordinate term: source
  • 14

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesThe translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

    • Do you charge by source or target?
  • 15

    A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

    • Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.
  • 16

    datedA thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.

  • 17

    obsoleteA tassel or pendant.

  • 18

    obsoleteA shred; a tatter.

  • 19

    computingengineeringmathematicsA system or platform for which software is developed.

targetverb/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/

  • 1

    To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

  • 2

    To aim for as an audience or demographic.

    • The advertising campaign targeted older women.
  • 3

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo produce code suitable for.

    • This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.

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