Aim

Definition

aim /eÇm/ v ၁။ ~ (at/for sth); ~ (at doing sth) ရည္မွန္းသည္။ ရြယ္သည္။ He has always aimed high (ie been ambitious). ❍ She's aiming at (ie trying to win) a scholarship. ❍ We must aim at increasing/aim to increase exports. ❍ The company is aiming for a greater share of the home market. ၂။ ~ (sth) (sth at sb) ခ်ိန္သည္။ ရြယ္သည္။ You're not aiming straight. ❍ He aimed (his gun) at the target. ❍ The punch was aimed at his opponent's head. ၃။ ~ sth at sb ရည္ရြယ္သည္။ My remarks were not aimed at you. ❍ an advertising campaign aimed at young people. n ၁။ [C] ရည္ရြယ္ခ်က္။ The aim is to increase sales in Europe. ❍ He has only one aim in life— to become rich. ❍ She went to London with the aim of finding a job. ❍ She failed to achieve her aim. ❍ What are the aims and objectives of the society. ၂။ [U] ခ်ိန္ရြယ္မႈ။ My aim was accurate. ❍ Take careful aim (at the target) before firing.

Examples

1. [aim of] : The aim of this project is to help patients to be more independent.
2. [with the aim of doing something] : We visit schools with the aim of getting young people interested in the theatre.
3. [someone’s aim is to do something] : My main aim on this course is to gain confidence.
4. [achieve/fulfil/pursue your aims] : The group was committed to achieving its aims through peaceful means.
5. [aims and objectives] : We need to clarify the aims and objectives of the project.
6. My aim wasn’t very good and the ball went over the fence.