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aim
1[ eym ]
verb (used with object)
- to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
Synonyms:
- to intend or direct for a particular effect or purpose:
to aim a satire at snobbery.
verb (used without object)
- to point or direct a gun, punch, etc., toward:
He aimed at the target but missed it.
- to strive; try (usually followed by to or at ):
We aim to please.
They aim at saving something every month.
- to intend:
She aims to go tomorrow.
- to direct efforts, as toward an object:
The satire aimed at modern greed.
- Obsolete. to estimate; guess.
noun
- the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- the direction in which a weapon or missile is pointed; the line of sighting:
within the cannon's aim.
- the point intended to be hit; thing or person aimed at:
to miss one's aim.
Synonyms: ,
- something intended or desired to be attained by one's efforts; purpose:
whatever his aim in life may be.
Synonyms: , ,
- Obsolete. conjecture; guess.
AIM
2[ eym ]
noun
- American Indian Movement.
AIM
1abbreviation for
- (in Britain) Alternative Investment Market
aim
2/ 别瑟尘 /
verb
- to point (a weapon, missile, etc) or direct (a blow) at a particular person or object; level
- tr to direct (satire, criticism, etc) at a person, object, etc
- intr; foll by at or an infinitive to propose or intend
we aim to leave early
- intr; often foll by at or for to direct one's efforts or strive (towards)
to aim at better communications
to aim high
noun
- the action of directing something at an object
- the direction in which something is pointed; line of sighting (esp in the phrase to take aim )
- the object at which something is aimed; target
- intention; purpose
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补颈尘顎侥谤 noun
- 补颈尘顎僨耻濒 adjective
- 补颈尘顎僨耻濒路ly adverb
- 尘颈蝉路补颈尘顎 verb noun
- 耻苍路补颈尘别诲顎 adjective
- 耻苍路补颈尘顎僫苍驳 adjective
- 耻苍顎僤别谤路补颈尘顎 noun
- 耻苍顎卍别谤路补颈尘顎 verb
- 飞别濒濒顎-补颈尘别诲顎 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of aim1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of aim1
Idioms and Phrases
- take aim, to sight a target:
to take aim and fire.
More idioms and phrases containing aim
In addition to the idiom beginning with aim , also see take aim .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
His threats to take Greenland are also likely aimed at curbing China's ambitions in the Arctic.
The aim would be to reduce overdoses and drug-related harm as well as making drug use less visible to the community.
She said her town had "always been a symbol of peaceful coexistence", but that "it seems that sectarian incitement and foreign schemes aimed at dividing Syria are stronger".
The group aims to ease financial pressure by offering a "dignified way for people to access what they need", Ms Flounders said.
It was work, Acharya said, that no one else was doing, aimed at preventing a loss of vision or blindness.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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