核心问题
‘That was the plan. Jesus was the original feminist. He intended for the future of His Church to be in the hands of Mary Magdalene.’ (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, p. 334)
我查遍了所有的词典也没有查到 intend for... to do/be 的用法。是否应改为...intended the future of His Church to be...?
词典解答
动词 intend 的最常见用法是 intend to do/doing 和 intend sb. to do。英语词典和一般的英语语法书都没有收入 intend for... to do 的用法。Longman Dictionary of the English Language 甚至判定这一用法是错误的: 不可以说 I didn't intend for her to hear. Marrian Webster's Dictionary of English Usage 则说在文献中没有找到这一用法的实例。但是, 我们却在美国出版的畅销书中不时遇到这一用法的实例。1999 年出版的 Longman Grammer of Spoken and Written English 也承认了这一用法的正确性 (p.702)。