aim
单词辨析：
泛指用某物对准某物或某人。
He pointed his gun at the boar.
他用枪瞄准了那头野猪。
Don't point your camera at me!
别把相机对准我！
指选定射击或动作、行动等的目标，并向其瞄准。
The solider only aimed his gun but did not shoot.
这名士兵只是举枪瞄准，没有射击。
The parachuter was aiming at the playground but landed in a nearby community.
跳伞员的目标是运动场，却降落在附近的社区里。
指把具体之物对准某个方向或某人，也可指使抽象之物有所针对。
Stay put! The machine will direct an X-ray beam at your body.
别动！机器会把X光射线对准你的身体照射。
A new road will direct lorries away from the town center.
一条新的道路将把卡车从镇中心疏导开去。
The teacher suggested that students direct their attention to paragraph two.
老师建议学生们注意看第二段。
普通用词，指经过考虑而要做某事的意图，通常用单数。
He came to New York with the purpose of doing business.
他来纽约是为了做生意。
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss how to deal with the crisis.
这次会议的目的是讨论如何应对此次危机。
强调希望做成某事的具体意图，多指短期目标。
The main aim of this course is to improve your oral English.
这一课程的主要目标是提高口语。
The campaign with the aim of helping the victims of crime has received worldwide attention.
旨在帮助罪案受害者的运动已经在全球范围内得到了关注。
多指想要通过一段时间的努力而在未来实现某事的意图。
What is your ultimate goal?
你的最终目标是什么？
Did they reach their goal of expanding the company's market share?
他们实现扩大公司市场份额的目标了吗？
指某一计划、行为或活动的目的，通常用单数。
The parents first wanted to know what the object of this game was.
家长们首先想知道这项游戏的目的是什么。
People with low income will benefit the most, and that is the object of this exercise.
低收入人群将获益最大，这正是此举的目的。
尤用于商业或政治方面，侧重指人所想要实现的目标。
You should set an objective at the beginning of next semester.
你应该在下学期开始的时候制定一个目标。
He has to achieve certain objectives before the end of his presidency.
他在总统任期结束之前必须实现某些目标。
多用于数量、时间、财务等方面，表示想要达到的具体目标。
financial targets
财务指标
What is the target date for completion of the new building?
新大楼完工的预定日期是什么时候？
相关例句：
Popular acceptance of authority had been an early aim of the Nationalists.
国家主义者的一个早期目标是推动民众对权威的接受。
They aimed kicks at his shins.
他们踢向他的小腿。
The aim of the festival is to increase awareness of Hindu culture and traditions.
该节庆日的目的在于增强人们对印度文化和传统的认识。
I didn't know I was supposed to aim at the same spot all the time.
我不知道自己应该一直瞄准同一目标。
The first aim of his government would be to establish control over the republic's territory.
他这届政府的首要目标是确立对共和国领土的控制权。
Their ultimate aim was a market economy for Hungary
他们最终的目标是为匈牙利建立起市场经济体制。