目标

• 拼音: mù biāo
• 汉字拆解: 目 = pictograph of an eye; 标 = 木 (wood) + 票 (ticket/label), meaning a sign or mark

含义

Goal; target; objective. Something one aims to achieve or reach.

Used broadly for goals of all kinds — career goals, study goals, life goals, as well as physical targets. Very common in work, education, and self-improvement contexts. Can be modified by adjectives: 长期目标 (long-term goal), 短期目标 (short-term goal), 明确的目标 (a clear goal).

例句

1. 我今年的目标是学会做五道中国菜。
2. 有了明确的目标，学习就更有方向。
3. 他的目标是考上一所好大学。

用法指南

语境: work, education, self-improvement

语气: motivational

正确说法

• 你的目标是什么？(What is your goal?)
• 我们要为自己设定目标。(We should set goals for ourselves.)

错误说法

• 我的目标是吃午饭。(Don't use 目标 for trivial routine actions — it implies something worth striving for. Say 我想去吃午饭 for simple plans.)

起源与历史

目 means eye; 标 means mark or sign (木 wood + 票 ticket/label). Together they mean what the eye aims at — a target.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal