out to

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    intending to (do a specified action)

    Jack is out to get you. You'd better hide.

    The boy who saved a stranger wasn't out to make headlines: he was just being a Good Samaritan.

    This company doesn't care about its customers: it's just out to make a profit.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London We are out to make big money this time and Bronsky will be useful. He can give us facilities for getting the stuff away and for putting it about on a scale that no one else could offer.

  2. 2.

    Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually before a stated or future event) (synonym of "out from")

    非正式

    Five weeks out to my birthday!