goal/gol; ɡəʊl/n [C]1 something that you hope to achieve in the future [ aim ] 目标﹔目的: My goal is to study law. 我的目标是学法律。achieve/reach a goal They achieved their goal of a 50% increase in sales. 他们达到了销售额增加 50% 的目标。see box at见 PURPOSE 方框2 the area where a ball must go in order to score a point in games such as football or HOCKEY 〔足球﹑曲棍球等的〕球门3 the action of making the ball go into the goal, or the point scored by doing this 进球﹔进球得分: Ramos scored two goals for the US. 拉莫斯为美国队进了两球。OWN GOAL