🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

目标

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mùbiāo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Objective/əbˈdʒɛk.tɪv/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们主要的目的是减少成本。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A thing aimed at or sought; a goal.

    "Their main objective is to reduce costs."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.

    "An objective analysis of the situation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'objective' originates from the Latin 'objectivus', which means 'pertaining to an object'. It evolved through Middle French in the 14th century, where it began to denote something that is external and independent of the observer's thoughts or feelings.

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