target
Từ điển Collocation
target noun
1 sb/sth that you try to destroy, hurt, steal, etc.
ADJ. favourite, likely, natural, obvious, perfect, possible, potential, prime, suitable The prime minister is a favourite target of comedians. | easy, sitting, soft, tempting, vulnerable The stationary trucks were sitting targets for the enemy planes. | legitimate | intended | stationary | moving | ground | military | civilian, non-military | terrorist
VERB + TARGET aim at, attack, go for, shoot at | hit, reach (used of a missile) The bomb reached its intended target ten seconds later. | miss, overshoot The flare overshot its target and set light to a hotel. | destroy The missile is aimed specifically to destroy military targets. | track The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.
PREP. off ~ The missile veered way off target and landed in the sea. | on ~ Politically speaking, his jibes were right on target. | ~ for an easy target for shoplifters
2 object that you shoot at
VERB + TARGET put up, set up The archers were setting up their targets. | aim at, shoot at | hit | miss | use sth as The boys used an old tree stump as a target.
TARGET + NOUN area | practice
PREP. off ~ Patton was just off target with a header. | on ~ His first shot was bang on target. | wide of the ~ The shot went wide of the target.
3 result, person, etc. that you aim to reach
ADJ. achievable, attainable, low, modest, realistic | ambitious, demanding, difficult, high, tough, unrealistic She has always set herself very high targets. | impossible | clear | chief, key, main, major, primary, prime, principal | annual | immediate, initial | future, long-term, ultimate | attainment, economic, financial, growth, inflation, performance, production, profit, recruitment, sales, spending
VERB + TARGET set Managers must set targets that are realistic. | aim for Pupils should be given a target to aim for. | achieve, meet, reach | stay within in a desperate attempt to stay within budget targets | exceed The company pays bonuses to workers who exceed production targets. | fall short of
TARGET + NOUN audience, group, market | date to meet a target date of May 2002 | figure, price, weight
PREP. above (a/the) ~ Sales so far this year are 20% above target. | off ~ These figures are way off target. | on ~ We are still right on target. | over (a/the) ~ Many wage settlements reached were over the original target of 4%. | towards (a/the) ~ We are working towards a target of twenty cars a week. | ~ for setting new targets for growth
Từ điển WordNet
v.
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; aim, place, direct, point
He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
criticism directed at her superior
direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. Loosely, the objective of a computer command or operation. Examples are a computer that is to run a program translated for its use, a “foreign” language (for another computer) into which a program is to be translated, or a group of people for whom a particular product is designed. In MS-DOS usage, the target is often the disk referred to by prompts in a copy operation (for example, “insert target diskette”). In terms of the SCSI (small computer system interface) connection, the target is the device that receives commands. See also SCSI, target computer, target disk, target language.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
targets|targeted|targeting
syn.: aim end goal mark object point
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