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VERB
意思是;表示…的意思;作…解释
If you want to know what a word, code, signal, or gesture means, you want to know what it refers to or what its message is.
例句
In modern Welsh, 'glas' means 'blue'...
在现代威尔士语中,glas 意为“蓝色”。
What does 'evidence' mean?...
evidence 是什么意思?
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VERB
意指;表示;意思是说
If you ask someone what they mean, you are asking them to explain exactly what or who they are referring to or what they are intending to say.
例句
Do you mean me?...
你指的是我吗?
Let me illustrate what I mean with an old story...
让我用一个古老的故事来说明我的意思吧。
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VERB
(某事)对(某人)很重要,要紧,意义重大
If something means something to you, it is important to you in some way.
例句
The idea that she witnessed this shameful incident meant nothing to him...
虽然她目睹了这可耻的一幕,但是这对他来说无关紧要。
It would mean a lot to them to win.
获胜对他们来说非常重要。
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VERB
表明…存在;表示…属实
If one thing means another, it shows that the second thing exists or is true.
例句
An enlarged prostate does not necessarily mean cancer...
前列腺肿大不一定就是癌症。
Just because he has a beard doesn't necessarily mean he's a hippy.
不能因为他蓄须就说他是嬉皮士。
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VERB
导致;产生…的结果
If one thing means another, the first thing leads to the second thing happening.
例句
It would almost certainly mean the end of NATO...
这几乎肯定会导致北大西洋公约组织的终结。
Trade and product discounts can also mean big savings...
商品促销与产品折扣同样意味着可能会省下一大笔钱。
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VERB
涉及;包含
If doing one thing means doing another, it involves doing the second thing.
例句
Children universally prefer to live in peace and security, even if that means living with only one parent...
孩子们普遍愿意过平静安宁的生活,即便这意味着只能与单亲生活在一起。
Managing well means communicating well.
良好的管理需要有效的沟通。
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VERB
对…当真;对…严肃认真
If you say that you mean what you are saying, you are telling someone that you are serious about it and are not joking, exaggerating, or just being polite.
例句
He says you're fired if you're not back at work on Friday. And I think he meant it...
他说,如果你星期五还不回去上班的话就解雇你。我想他是当真的。
He could see I meant what I said. So he took his fur coat and left.
他看得出我并非只是说说而已,于是拿起他的皮衣走了。
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VERB
有意;故意
If you say that someone meant to do something, you are saying that they did it deliberately.
例句
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。
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VERB
本意并非;并未打算
If you say that someone did not mean any harm, offence, or disrespect, you are saying that they did not intend to upset or offend people or to cause problems, even though they may in fact have done so.
例句
I'm sure he didn't mean any harm...
我相信他并无恶意。
I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.
我本无意冒犯,那不过是句脱口而出的冒失话。
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VERB
计划;打算;准备
If you mean to do something, you intend or plan to do it.
例句
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。
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VERB
注定(或肯定)要…
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
我的意思是,也就是说(用于使表述更加清楚)
You say 'I mean' when making clearer something that you have just said.
例句
It was his idea. Gordon's, I mean...
这是他的主意,我是指戈登。
Is something upsetting you—I mean, apart from this business?
有什么烦心事吗?我的意思是,除了这件事以外还有吗?
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PHRASE
(用于引出主张,尤指证明自己刚才所说的话)
You can use 'I mean' to introduce a statement, especially one that justifies something that you have just said.
例句
I'm sure he wouldn't mind. I mean, I was the one who asked him...
我肯定他不会在意的,因为是我问他的。
They were filled with racial stereotypes, I mean, it looked like something from the 1930s.
他们满脑子种族成见,似乎都是些20世纪30年代的老思想。
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PHRASE
我的意思是(用于纠正之前所说的话)
You say I mean when correcting something that you have just said.
例句
It was law or classics—I mean English or classics.
是法律或者古典文学——我的意思是英语或古典文学。
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PHRASE
理解…的滋味;了解…的影响
If you know what it means to do something, you know everything that is involved in a particular activity or experience, especially the effect that it has on you.
例句
I know what it means to lose a child under such tragic circumstances.
我明白在这种悲惨的情况下失去孩子的滋味。
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PHRASE
听说过;了解
If a name, word, or phrase means something to you, you have heard it before and you know what it refers to.
例句
'Oh, Gairdner,' he said, as if that meant something to him...
“哦,盖尔德纳,”他说道,好像他听说过这个名字。
Does the word 'Fareham' mean anything to anyone?
有人对 Fareham 这个词有印象吗?
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PHRASE
出于好意;怀有善意
If you say that someone means well, you mean they are trying to be kind and helpful, even though they might be causing someone problems or upsetting them.
例句
I know you mean well, but I can manage by myself.
我明白您的好意,不过我自己能行。
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PHRASE
(疑问句中用于询问对方自己的理解是否正确)你是说
You use 'you mean' in a question to check that you have understood what someone has said.
例句
What accident? You mean Christina's?...
哪次事故?你是说克里斯蒂娜的那次?
'What if I had said no?' 'About the apartment, you mean?'
“我要是说了不呢?”“你是说公寓那件事吗?”
Noun
1. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Verb
1. mean or intend to express or convey;
"You never understand what I mean!""what do his words intend?"2. have as a logical consequence;
"The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"3. denote or connote;
"`maison' means `house' in French""An example sentence would show what this word means"4. have in mind as a purpose;
"I mean no harm""I only meant to help you""She didn't think to harm me""We thought to return early that night"5. have a specified degree of importance;
"My ex-husband means nothing to me""Happiness means everything"6. intend to refer to;
"I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France""Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"7. destine or designate for a certain purpose;
"These flowers were meant for you"Adjective
1. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;
"the average income in New England is below that of the nation""of average height for his age""the mean annual rainfall"2. characterized by malice;
"a hateful thing to do""in a mean mood"3. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
"that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke"taking a mean advantage""chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare"something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"4. excellent;
"famous for a mean backhand"5. marked by poverty befitting a beggar;
"a beggarly existence in the slums""a mean hut"6. used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;
"a mean person""he left a miserly tip"7. used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt