His words were meant to convey something, but I utterly failed to grasp their significance.

他话里的用意是想传达些什么，但我完全没能领会其中的含义。

金山词霸

I am rather hazy as to what your purpose is.

我摸不清你的用意何在.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I should like to know what his action imports.

我倒想知道他的行动用意何在.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I can't guess what you are driving at.

我猜不到你用意何在.

《简明英汉词典》

He had some motive in telling this fable.

他讲这寓言故事是有用意的.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I simply couldn't figure out his intention.

我简直揣摩不透他的用意.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

You mean you can't figure out what she's up to? "

你真不懂她的 用意 ? ”

汉英文学 - 围城

She described the charges as malicious.

她说这些指控用意恶毒。

辞典例句

Let's read between the lines and not jump to conclusions.

让我们好好想想他究竟用意何在,不要草率下结论.

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The bourgeois papers cried up the book for reasons of their own.

资产阶级报纸对那本书大加赞扬,有它们自己的用意.

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Dantes spoke for the sake of hearing his own voice.

邓蒂斯讲话的用意是要听听他自己的声音.

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What purpose would there be in their inventing these stories?

他们编造这些情节的用意何在?

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To do him justice we must admit that his intentions were good.

公平而论,我们必须承认他的用意是好的.

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The invitation was plain, but not leering.

这邀请的用意显而易见, 不过说得并不轻佻.

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What was his speech driving at?

他的讲话是什么用意?

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