like: mục đích → →
nach etwas streben ☊ 
theo đuổi mục đích nào đó ☊ 
追求某事 ☊ zhuīqiú mǒushì nach etwas streben ☊ theo đuổi mục đích nào đó ☊ ☊ Der Skorpion ist eine leidenschaftliche Kämpfernatur und verfolgt sein Ziel bis zum Ende. ☊ Bọ cạp là một người có bản tính chiến đấu mãnh liệt và theo đuổi mục đích đến cuối cùng. ☊ (Lektion 80, Nr. 1142) Das können Sie ganz vielseitig benutzen. ☊ Cái này quý khách có thể sử dụng cho nhiều mục đích khác nhau. ☊ (Lektion 118, Nr. 2270) She went to London with the aim of finding a job. ☊ aim ☊
aim for sth: We should aim for a bigger share of the market. ☊ aim ☊
aim at sth: The government is aiming at a 50% reduction in unemployment. ☊ aim ☊
aim to do sth: They are aiming to reduce unemployment by 50%. ☊ aim ☊
aim at doing sth: They're aiming at training everybody by the end of the year. ☊ aim ☊
aim at sb/sth: I was aiming at the tree but hit the car by mistake. ☊ aim ☊
aim for sb/sth: Aim for the middle of the target. ☊ aim ☊
aim sth (at sb/sth): The gun was aimed at her head. ☊ aim ☊
The book aims to cover all aspects of city life. ☊ aspect ☊
The government's main aim is to beat inflation. ☊ beat ☊
We aim to bring down prices on all our computers. ☊ bring sth down ☊
The donation is the biggest private gift to a humanitarian cause. ☊ cause ☊
We are working together for a common purpose. ☊ common ☊
The main purpose of industry is to create wealth. ☊ create ☊
a double meaning/purpose/aim ☊ double ☊
educate sb to do sth: The campaign is intended to educate the public to respect the environment. ☊ educate ☊
The aim of the series is both to entertain and inform. ☊ entertain ☊
The government aims to make British industry leaner and fitter (= employing fewer people and with lower costs). ☊ fit ☊
The centre aims to free young people from dependency on drugs. ☊ free ☊
This design aims for harmony of form and function. ☊ function ☊
help sb (to) do sth: The college's aim is to help students (to) achieve their aspirations. ☊ help ☊
This charity aims to help people (to) help themselves. ☊ help ☊
The aim of the trip was to make informal contact with potential customers. ☊ informal ☊
the intended purpose ☊ intended ☊
The original intention was to devote three months to the project. ☊ intention ☊
The medicine is not for internal use. ☊ internal ☊
level with sth: This latest rise is intended to keep wages level with inflation. ☊ level ☊
The aim of the competition is to match the quote to the person who said it. ☊ match ☊
The object is to educate people about road safety. ☊ object ☊
The aims of the organization are wholly peaceful. ☊ peaceful ☊
The aim is to reduce traffic at peak periods. ☊ period ☊
power (over sb/sth): The aim is to give people more power over their own lives. ☊ power ☊
A few brief comments are sufficient for present purposes. ☊ present ☊
The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English. ☊ primary ☊
Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money. ☊ purpose ☊
The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university. ☊ purpose ☊
A meeting was called for the purpose of appointing a new treasurer. ☊ purpose ☊
The experiments serve no useful purpose (= are not useful). ☊ purpose ☊
The building is used for religious purposes. ☊ purpose ☊
These gifts count as income for tax purposes. ☊ purpose ☊
For the purposes of this study, the three groups have been combined. ☊ purpose ☊
We aim to provide quality at reasonable prices. ☊ quality ☊
safe (from sb/sth): They aimed to make the country safe from terrorist attacks. ☊ safe ☊
a strong sense of purpose/identity/duty, etc. ☊ sense ☊
These experiments serve no useful purpose. ☊ serve ☊
The money was collected for a specific purpose. ☊ specific ☊
We aim to increase the speed of delivery (= how quickly goods are sent). ☊ speed ☊
to be sympathetic to the party's aims ☊ sympathetic ☊
His declared aim was to tax the rich. ☊ tax ☊
His aim was to become president. ☊ to ☊
His aim was to unite Italy. ☊ unite ☊
The purpose of industry is to create wealth. ☊ wealth ☊