• n. 目標；靶子
• vt. 把……作為目標；規定……的指標；瞄準某物
• n. (Target)人名；(法)塔爾熱；(英)塔吉特

來自古法語 targe,圓盾，小盾，來自 Proto-Germanic*targo,邊緣，端點，來自 PIE*dargh,圍起 來的一塊，圍欄。后引申記號義靶子，目標，對象。

target (n.)

c. 1300, "shield," diminutive of late Old English targe, from Old French targe "light shield" (12c.), from Frankish *targa "shield," from Proto-Germanic *targ- (cognates: Old High German zarga "edging, border," German zarge "border, edge, frame," Old English targe, Old Norse targa "shield, buckler"), perhaps originally "edge of a shield." Meaning "round object to be aimed at in shooting" first recorded 1757, originally in archery, perhaps suggested by the concentric circles in both. Target-practice is from 1801. Target audience is by 1951; early reference is to Cold War psychological warfare.

target (v.)

"to use as a target," 1837, from target (n.). Earlier it meant "to shield" (1610s). Related: Targeted; targeting.

1. We aimed the microscope at a likely looking target.

我們把顯微鏡對準了一個看起來合適的目標。

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2. I struck the ball cleanly and my shot was on target.

我干脆利落地擊球，命中了目標。

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3. We were still right on target for our deadline.

我們仍然有可能趕在最后期限前達成目標。

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4. She was a prime target for blackmail, don't you see?

她是敲詐的主要目標。你難道看不出來嗎？

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5. This is a target which is surely within the realm of possibility.

這是一個完全有可能實現的目標。

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