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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "aim at"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to work toward a specific goal
Transitive: to aim at a goal
to aim at definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His efforts are aimed at improving his physical fitness and overall health.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻĢāĻŋāϟāύ⧇āϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to design something for a particular audience or market
Transitive: to aim at an audience or a market
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new advertising campaign is clearly aimed at young adults who enjoy outdoor activities.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāϤāχ āϝ⧁āĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—āύ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

(of a statement, action, or behavior) to have a hidden purpose or intention
Transitive: to aim at doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His critical remarks were not intended to hurt your feelings; they were aimed at highlighting areas for improvement.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž; āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to point a weapon or object at a particular target
Transitive: to aim at a target
Ditransitive: to aim at sth a target
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He aimed at the bullseye on the target and fired his bow.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦ⧁āϞāϏāφāχ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāύ⧁āĻ• āϛ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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