Why is he always forcing his daughter to practise playing the piano 3 hours a day if she is not _____ for a pianist?

A. meant     B. intended    C. trained       D. asked

答案选的是 meant，请问 intended 有什么不对？

(1)注定（或肯定）要(sb/sth be meant to do sth)

(英文解释：If you say that something was meant to happen, you believe that it was made to happen by God or fate, and did not just happen by chance.）

John was constantly reassuring me that we were meant to be together.  

约翰不断安慰我说，我们注定要在一起。

He was meant to do his best by everyone.   
人人都期望他能尽力。

You're meant to take your shoes off when you enter a Hindu temple.   
你进入印度寺庙时应该脱掉鞋子。

Books are meant to be read.   
书就是让人读的。

(2)计划;打算;准备(sb mean to do sth)

（英文解释 If you mean to do something, you intend or plan to do it.

 Summer is the perfect time to catch up on the new books you meant to read.） 

夏天是把想读却没读的新书恶补一下的最佳时机。

 You know very well what I meant to say..

你非常清楚我想说什么。

(3)有意;故意 (sb mean to do sth)

（英文解释If you say that someone meant to do something, you are saying that they did it deliberately.）

I didn't mean to hurt you. 

我无意伤害你。

 If that sounds harsh, it is meant to. 

如果这么说听起来刺耳的话，那目的就达到了

(4) A means B to do sth /one mean oneself to do sth

I mean you to do the exercise by yourself.   
我是要你独自完成作业。

She meant us to help her.   
她想让我们帮助她。

Did you mean us to know?   
你是有意让我们知道吗?

We didn't mean you to go out alone.   
我们不想让你一个人出去。

I didn't mean him to come so early.   
我没有要他来得这么早。

We never meant you to spend your time like that.   
我们从来没打算让你把时间这样花掉。

He meant himself to do his best.   
他要自己尽最大的努力

(1)intend sb to do sth

We intend them to do it.   
我们打算让他们做此事。

I intend you to come with us.   
我想让你同我们一起来。

We intend them to take action at once.   
我们打算叫他们马上采取行动。

She intends me to have a talk with her parents.   
她想让我和她父母谈谈。

The father intended his sons to leave with him.   
父亲希望儿子们留下陪他

(2)be intended to be/to do

The building was intended to be a museum.   
这栋房子是用来作博物馆用的。

His remarks were intended to be a compliment.   
他说的那些话是想表示赞美。

The note is intended to clarify the situation.  

这封信旨在澄清形势。

(3)be intended for /in准备,预留(作某种用途或给某人用)

This money is intended for the development of the tourist industry.  

这笔钱准备用于旅游业的开发。

Having always been musical from an early age, the singer seems to have been intended for the concert stage.

这位歌手自幼爱好音乐,看来他一直曾被期望着成为一名歌唱家。

His son is intended for the medical profession.

他想让他的儿子将来从医。

Columns are usually intended in architecture to add grandeur and status.  

圆柱在建筑中通常用来增添气势和显示地位。

(4)be intended as 

Jim's gift of flowers was intended as a way of saying that he was sorry after he had quarrelled with Mary.   
吉姆向玛丽赠送鲜花是要表示与她发生口角后的歉疚之情。

My remark was not intended as a joke.   
我说的话可不是开玩笑的。

It is intended as a handbook for frequent reference.   
这本书可以当作经常查阅的手册使用。

(5)intend to do sth

I hear they intend to marry.  

我听说他们打算结婚。

She intends to do A levels and go to university.

她计划先参加高级考试，然后去读大学。

I intend to clean out the spare room sooner or later.  

我想迟早要把那间空着的房间打扫干净。

They intend to work hard and save to put their children through university.  

他们打算努力工作,省下钱来供子女上大学。

(6)intend doing sth

I intend doing the work.  

我打算做这个工作。

I intend going to Beijing.  

我打算去北京。

She intends going to a plant.  

她打算到一个工厂去。

(7)intend that 

She intended that her daughter should study English.  

她想让她的女儿学英语。

He intended that his son should inherit his business.  

他打算让他的儿子继承他的生意。

I intend that he should go by train.  

我打算叫他乘火车去。

(8)intend sth

He seems to intend mischief.   
看来他想捣蛋。

Does he intend marriage or is he only flirting with her?   
他是打算跟她结婚,还是仅仅跟她调情?

We intended no harm.   
我们没有什么恶意。

intend, be going to, be thinking of, mean

这四者都有“想要”或“打算”的意思。其区别是：

(1)mean比intend单纯,没有intend专心于某事的含义。

(2)be going to表示在说话之前已经作出决定; 而be thinking of则表示正在“想”或“打算”,还没有最后决定。

(3)在口语中,一般不用intend to,而用be going to或be thinking of的形式来表达。

(4)mean还有“意味”的意思,而另三个词(组)则没有此义。

intend, design, plan这组词都有“计划,打算”的意思。其区别是：

(1)design指为达到某种特定的目的而周密地、精心地“计划,筹划”,它偏重于计划的目的性、周密性和细致性; 

(2)intend指在心中已有确定的目标或计划,作“盘算,意想”解,比plan的语气强,

I intended to write to you, but I didn't get time to do so.

我本打算写信给你,但是我没有时间。

(3)plan在这三个词中是最普通最常用的词,表示“计划,想要做”,它不像design那样含有精心周密地“策划”的意思,而与want的意思接近.

We are planning to buy a refrigerator.

我们正计划买一台电冰箱。

intend mean

这两个动词均有“想要、打算”之意。

(1)intend:intend较正式用词，但常用，指对未来的行动做出打算，并力争实现。

(2)mean:mean口语多用，指怀有作某事的想法或希望得到某物，特别用于效果不好而动机良好的场合。