"aim" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

aim verbo

verbo + aim
Kolokacji: 25
aimed at preventing • aimed at improving • aimed at reducing • aimed at promoting • aimed at helping • aimed at creating • ...
aim + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
aimed at • aim toward • aimed towards • aim for • aim to • ...
aim + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 47
primarily aimed • specifically aimed • aim directly • aim high • mainly aimed • aimed squarely • aim straight • clearly aimed • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(2) specifically, generally
Kolokacji: 2
(3) directly, squarely, straight
Kolokacji: 3
(4) high, low
Kolokacji: 2
(5) clearly, explicitly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) particularly, especially
Kolokacji: 2
(9) well, poorly, badly
Kolokacji: 3
(10) solely, exclusively
Kolokacji: 2
(11) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(12) partly, perfectly, evidently
Kolokacji: 3
(13) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
1. aim upward = cel do góry aim upward
  • Crouched behind a crate, he aimed upward above the edge.
  • He stood quietly, breathing deeply, his attention aimed upward at Lucilla.
  • He thrust the rifle into his lower ribs, aiming upward, and fired.
  • He turned around and held his head so that the right outer mike aimed upward into the shaft.
  • Larry fired once, his shot aimed upward as a hand seized his wrist.
  • This man apparently took a bullet somewhere around the bridge of his nose, aimed upward.
  • The second plane hit the south tower at 9:03, and by that time dozens of cameras were on the scene, aiming upward.
  • He set speed and aperture, went down onto one knee, focusing with the lens aimed upward toward her.
  • His junior was still at the door, pistol aimed upward in both hands, eyes on the door.
  • Aiming upward, Cardona and his men aimed for the next hoot they heard.
2. aim downward = cel w dół aim downward
(14) ostensibly, seemingly
Kolokacji: 2

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