简明英语-中文词典
min; miːn | min; miːn | min; miːn < mean >
[基本字汇]
<<动词>>
meant, mean.ing, means
<<及物动词>>
1 a. 传达意思; 表示
"`The guestion is,' said Alice,`whether you can make words mean so many different things.'" (Lewis Carroll)艾莉丝说 :「问题在於你能不能用文字来表达这麽多不同的东西」
b. 象徵; 意味
In this poem, the budding flower means youth.在诗中, 含苞的花朵象徵年轻
2 含意; 意味
"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous" (Henry Adams)一个人说出来的话并不一定就是他的本意, 而且也很少人会明白地说出自己的本意, 这是因为文字的表达可以很含糊, 人的思想可以停滞下来
3 意欲
I meant to go running this morning, but I overslept.我今天早上本来想去慢跑, 但我睡过头了
4 图谋; 计画; 企图
a building that was meant for storage 作为储藏室用的建筑物
a student who was meant to be a scientist 一位企图成为科学家的学生
5 导致
Friction means heat. 摩擦生热
6 对 (某人) 很重要; 有价值
The opinions of the critics meant nothing to him.种种批评的意见对他而言毫无价值
She meant so much to me. 她对我是如此重要
<<不及物动词>>
有意做┅; 打算┅
She means well, despite her blunders.不论她所犯的错误为何, 到底她是心怀善意的
<<惯用语>>
mean business
((口语)) 认真; 当真
< mean >
[次常用字]
<<形容词>>
mean.er, mean.est
1 a. 自私的; 不善的
b. 有恶意的
2 卑贱的; 卑鄙的
a mean motive 卑鄙的动机
3 吝啬的
4 a. 低等的
b. 不足额的; 少量的
paid no mean amount for the new shoes 付少量的钱买新鞋
5 粗陋的; 破烂不堪的
"The rowhouses had been darkened by the rain and looked meaner and grimmer than ever" (Anne Tyler)雨使得那排屋子更加阴郁, 看起来也比从前更破烂, 更脏乱了
6 地位卑下的; 出身微贱的
7 自惭形秽的; 丢脸的
8 不舒服的; 生病的
9 极讨厌的
The meanest storm in years 讨厌的暴风雨
10 ((口语)) 坏脾气的
11 ((俚语))
a. 难以应付的; 令人困扰的
He throws a mean fast ball. 他投了个快速变化球
b. 优秀的; 技术好的
She plays a mean game of bridge. 她的桥牌打得好
<<副词>>
meanly
< mean >
<<名词>>
1 中间; 居中; 中庸
2『数学』
a. 比例中项
b. 平均数; 平均值
3『逻辑』中名词
4 (常作 means, 与单数, 复数动词连用) (达成目标的) 手段; 方法
5 (常作 means, 与复数动词连用)
a. 财产; 钱
You ought to live within your means. 你应该要量入为出
b. 富有
a woman of means 富婆
<<形容词>>
1 中间的; 中庸的
2 媒介的
<<惯用语>>
by all means
必定; 务必
by any means
无论如何; 总而言之
not by any means an easy opponent 无论如何都是个不好应付的对手
by means of
依据┅
They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice.他们凭藉著耐心和牺牲的精神而成功了
by no means
决不
This remark by no means should be taken lightly.这意见决不能轻率地发表