target是什么意思

target

英 ['tɑ?g?t] 美 ['tɑrɡ?t]

target 靶子，目標(biāo)，對(duì)象

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) targe,圓盾，小盾，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*targo,邊緣，端點(diǎn)，來(lái)自 PIE*dargh,圍起來(lái)的一塊，圍欄。后引申記號(hào)義靶子，目標(biāo)，對(duì)象。

target (n.): c. 1300, "shield," diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe "light shield" (12c.), from Frankish *targa "shield," from Proto-Germanic *targ- (cognates: Old High German zarga "edging, border," German zarge "border, edge, frame," Old English targe, Old Norse targa "shield, buckler"), perhaps originally "edge of a shield." Meaning "round object to be aimed at in shooting" first recorded 1757, originally in archery, perhaps suggested by the concentric circles in both. Target-practice is from 1801. Target audience is by 1951; early reference is to Cold War psychological warfare.
target (v.): "to use as a target," 1837, from target (n.). Earlier it meant "to shield" (1610s). Related: Targeted; targeting.

1. We aimed the microscope at a likely looking target.: 我們把顯微鏡對(duì)準(zhǔn)了一個(gè)看起來(lái)合適的目標(biāo)。

2. I struck the ball cleanly and my shot was on target.: 我干脆利落地?fù)羟颍辛四繕?biāo)。

3. We were still right on target for our deadline.: 我們?nèi)匀挥锌赡苴s在最后期限前達(dá)成目標(biāo)。

4. She was a prime target for blackmail, don't you see?: 她是敲詐的主要目標(biāo)。你難道看不出來(lái)嗎？

5. This is a target which is surely within the realm of possibility.: 這是一個(gè)完全有可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的目標(biāo)。