mean
美 [min]
英 [mi?n] 
- v.意味著;意思是;打算;表示…的意思
- n.平均值;中庸;平均數;中間
- adj.刻薄;吝嗇的;小氣的;不善良
- 網絡意指
詞形變化
第三人稱單數:means 現在分詞:meaning 過去式:meant 比較級:meaner 最高級:meanest 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
有含意have as meaning
1. | 表示…的意思to have sth as a meaning |
| What does this sentence mean? 這個句子是什么意思? |
| What is meant by ‘batch processing’? batch processing 是什么意思? |
| Does the name ‘Jos Vos’ mean anything to you(= do you know who he is) ? 你知道喬斯 ) 沃斯是誰嗎? |
| The flashing light means (that) you must stop. 閃爍的燈光表示你必須停下。 |
意思是intend as meaning
2. | 意思是;本意是to intend to say sth on a particular occasion |
| What did he mean by that remark? 他說那話是什么意思? |
| ‘Perhaps we should try another approach.’ ‘ What do you mean?(= I don't understand what you are suggesting.) ’ “也許我們應該試一試別的方法。”“你指的是什么方法?” |
| What do you mean , you thought I wouldn't mind?(= of course I mind and I am very angry) 你這是什么意思?你以為我不會在意嗎? |
| What she means is that there's no point in waiting here. 她的意思是說在這兒等下去沒什么意思。 |
| I always found him a little strange, if you know what I mean(= if you understand what I mean by ‘strange’) . 我總覺得他有點兒怪,如果你明白我這話是什么意思。 |
| I know what you mean(= I understand and feel sympathy) . I hated learning to drive too. 我明白你的意思。我也不愿意學開車。 |
| It was like─weird. Know what I mean? 它有點兒,怪異。你明白我的意思嗎? |
| I see what you mean(= I understand although I may not agree) , but I still think it's worth trying. 我知道你是什么意思,但我仍然認為值得一試。 |
| See what I mean(= I was right and this proves it, doesn't it) ? She never agrees to anything I suggest. 這下可證明我說的對了吧?我說什么她都不聽。 |
| ‘But Pete doesn't know we're here!’ ‘ That's what I mean!(= that's what I have been trying to tell you.) ’ “可是皮特不知道我們在這兒呀!”“我就是這個意思嘛!” |
| Do you mean Ann Smith or Mary Smith? 你是說安 ) 史密斯,還是說瑪麗 ) 史密斯? |
| Did he mean (that) he was dissatisfied with our service? 他是不是表示對我們的服務不滿意? |
| You mean(= are you telling me) we have to start all over again? 你是不是說我們必須從頭再來一遍? |
有目的have as purpose
3. | 打算;意欲;有…的目的to have sth as a purpose or intention |
| What did she mean by leaving so early(= why did she do it) ? 她為什么這么早就走了? |
| Don't laugh! I mean it(= I am serious) . 別笑!我是認真的。 |
| He means trouble(= to cause trouble) . 他存心搗亂。 |
| Don't be upset─I'm sure she meant it as a compliment. 別不高興,我肯定她的原意是要稱贊你的。 |
| He means what he says(= is not joking, exaggerating, etc.) . 他說話是當真的。 |
| The chair was clearly meant for a child. 這椅子顯然是專為兒童設計的。 |
| Don't be angry. I'm sure she meant it for the best(= intended to be helpful) . 別生氣了。我相信她是真心想要幫忙的。 |
| She means to succeed. 她一意求成。 |
| I'm sorry I hurt you. I didn't mean to . 對不起,弄疼你了。我不是故意的。 |
| I'm feeling very guilty─ I've been meaning to call my parents for days, but still haven't got around to it. 我感到非常內疚,幾天來我一直打算給父母打電話,但還是沒機會打。 |
| I didn't mean you to read the letter. 我沒打算讓你看那封信。 |
| You're meant to(= you are supposed to) pay before you go in. 你要先交錢才能進去。 |
| I never meant (that) you should come alone. 我從來沒打算讓你一個人來。 |
讓某人成為╱做intend sb to be/do sth
4. | [oftpass] 想要某人成為;想要某人去做to intend sb to be or do sth |
| I was never meant for the army(= did not have the qualities needed to become a soldier) . 我根本就不是塊當兵的料。 |
| Duncan and Makiko were meant for each other(= are very suitable as partners) . 鄧肯和真紀子真是天生的一對。 |
| His father meant him to be an engineer. 他父親想讓他當工程師。 |
| She did everything to get the two of them together, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be . 她極力撮合他們倆,但我覺得那根本不可能。 |
有結果have as result
5. | 產生…結果;意味著to have sth as a result or a likely result |
| Spending too much now will mean a shortage of cash next year. 現在花銷太多就意味著明年現金短缺。 |
| Do you have any idea what it means to be poor? 你知不知道貧窮意味著什么? |
| We'll have to be careful with money but that doesn't mean (that) we can't enjoy ourselves. 我們必須精打細算,可也并不是說我們就不能享受生活。 |
| This new order will mean working overtime. 這新訂單一來,我們就得加班加點。 |
| The injury could mean him missing next week's game. 這次受傷可能使他無法參加下周的比賽。 |
重要be important
6. | [nopass] ~ sth to sb 對某人重要(或有價值)to be of value or importance to sb |
| Your friendship means a great deal to me. 你的友誼對我來說是很珍貴的。 |
| $20 means a lot(= represents a lot of money) when you live on $100 a week. 當你每周就靠 100 元維持生活時,20 元可是個大數目。 |
| Money means nothing to him . 金錢對于他來說毫無價值。 |
| Her children mean the world to her . 她的孩子就是她的一切。 |
吝嗇not generous
1. | 吝嗇的;小氣的not willing to give or share things, especially money |
| She's always been mean with money. 她在花錢方面總是非常吝嗇。 |
不友善unkind
2. | ~ (to sb) 不善良;刻薄unkind, for example by not letting sb have or do sth |
| Don't be so mean to your little brother! 別對你弟弟那么刻薄! |
憤怒;兇暴angry/violent
3. | 要發怒的;要發狂的likely to become angry or violent |
| That's a mean-looking dog. 那狗看上去很兇。 |
熟練skilful
4. |
熟練的;出色的very good and skilful |
| He's a mean tennis player. 他是一名出色的網球選手。 |
| She plays a mean game of chess. 她的國際象棋下得很棒。 |
平均average
5. | [obn] 平均的;介于中間的average; between the highest and the lowest, etc. |
智力intelligence
| This should be clear even to the meanest intelligence. 就是對智力最平庸的人來說,這也應當是非常明了的。 |
窮poor
7. | 又窮又臟的poor and dirty in appearance |
| mean houses/streets 臟亂的房屋╱街道 |
8. | 出身卑賤的;社會地位低下的born into or coming from a low social class |
中間middle way
1. | ~ (between A and B) 中間;中庸;折中a quality, condition, or way of doing sth that is in the middle of two extremes and better than either of them |
| He needed to find a mean between frankness and rudeness. 他需要在坦誠與唐突之間找到折中的方法。 |
平均average
2. | 平均數;平均值;算術中項the value found by adding together all the numbers in a group, and dividing the total by the number of numbers |
習慣用語
be meant to be sth
被普遍認為是to be generally considered to be sth
| This restaurant is meant to be excellent. 都說這家飯店很棒。 |
I mean
(解釋或更正剛說過的話)我是說,意思是說used to explain or correct what you have just said
| It was so boring─I mean, nothing happened for the first hour! 真是無聊。我是說,一個小時都過去了,什么事兒都沒發生! |
| She's English─Scottish, I mean. 她是英國人,更確切地說,她是蘇格蘭人。 |
mean business
是認真的;說話算數to be serious in your intentions
| He has the look of a man who means business. 他看上去像是個說話算話的人。 |
mean (sb) no harm|not mean (sb) any harm
沒有惡意;并非出于惡意to not have any intention of hurting sb
mean to say
(強調要說的話,或問對方是否真是這個意思)意思是說used to emphasize what you are saying or to ask sb if they really mean what they say
| I mean to say, you should have known how he would react! 我的意思是說,你本應料到他會作何反應! |
| Do you mean to say you've lost it? 你是說你把那東西給弄丟了? |
mean well
本意是好的;出于好心to have good intentions, although their effect may not be good
be no mean…
了不起;很出色used to say that sb is very good at doing sth
| His mother was a painter, and he's no mean artist himself. 他的母親是畫家,他本人也是很出色的藝術家。 |
the happy/golden mean
中庸之道a course of action that is not extreme
英漢解釋
adj. | 1. 下賤的,卑劣的;(身份)低微的,卑賤的;卑鄙的;自私的 3. 〈美俚〉害羞的,覺得不好意思的;(馬)脾氣壞的;討厭的,麻煩的;沒精神的,不大舒服的;〈美俚〉老練的,巧妙的;極好的;可愛的;非常愉快的 |
n. | 1. (兩端的)中央,中部,中間;【數】平均(數,值),中數;【倫】中庸;【邏】(三段論的)中項;中名辭,媒辭;【樂】中音部 |
v. | 5. 預定(人或東西)作某種用途,弄成...;暗指著說 |
英英解釋
例句
Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter, and I knew that she thought me mean.
她的目光在我留給侍者的三個法郎上停了一會,我知道她會覺得我是個吝嗇鬼。
Lovers and friends are all that matter, you'll never know how much it came to mean to me to have you by my side in battles lost and won.
主宰我全部的朋友,愛人啊,你永遠不會知道,有你在我身邊,勝敗對我來說還意味著什么。
Sometimes he might goof up and use a word that did not mean exactly what he thought it meant.
有時他會很犯傻的用一個“他以為是那個意思”的詞來表達他的意思。
Thing is, they aren't trying to be mean or rude . . . they just aren't thinking of others.
事實是,他們并不是有意這么做的。。。。他們只是沒有想到別人。
I mean I put two years of work - nine months of it undercover - to gather enough evidence to indict Dante Arete. The case was almost made.
我的意思是我用了兩年時間收集足以起訴丹蒂·阿雷特的證據,其中9個月是做臥底。
It's better for you, will keep you satisfied longer and - you won't have that 'puffy' look in your face (ladies, you know what I mean).
它們對你的健康有益,會讓你具有長時間的飽足感-你的臉看上去不會‘肥嘟嘟’的(女孩子該知道我的意思吧)。
(It was) absolutely amazing, I mean, you know, with this hot weather and a lot of people all around us, it's just spectacular.
非常令人驚嘆,我的意思是說,你知道,天氣非常炎熱,許多人圍繞著我們,這是非常壯觀的。
"We make a mockery of the word aphrodisiac if by it we mean a substance that sets one up to be raped, " says Schab.
“如果春藥就是指那些使人墜入強奸圈套的東西,那我們真是讓這個詞看起來極度荒謬,”福沙伯說。
I don't mean to be rude, but I hope you're not going to tell me that to find the secret I have to look within myself or something like that.
我不是有意冒犯,但我希望你不要告訴我,要找到這個秘密我必須得審視自我或類似那樣的東西。
By "random, " I mean really random: Pound the keyboard for a while, like a monkey trying to write Shakespeare.
隨機的意思就是說,隨意地敲擊鍵盤一會,就像猴子試著寫莎士比亞一樣。
I don't mean that this attraction is not good. It is only an additional element to make love perfect, but not love itself.
這種吸引并不是不好,我覺得它是一個讓愛情更加完美的元素,但不是愛情。
Just because you're unhappy doesn't mean you can take it out on me.
你心里不舒服,并不表示你可以拿我出氣。你只有一張嘴。
For Men: Remember that when a woman gives with a smile on her face it doesn't necessarily mean the score is close to even.
男人:謹記女人面帶笑容給與時,并不表示分數接近相等。
'A few weeks or months of negative earnings will not mean much to the value of these businesses in the long run. '
幾周或幾個月的虧損對這些公司的長遠價值不會造成太大影響。
Put up your hands if you think you see what I mean. Okay Student: Inaudible No, that's actually not what I mean there.
如果明白就舉手,好,學生:,教授:不,這不是我的意思,Prof。:,Um…
We know what you mean from the point of view of these times being so very encumbering for your Light to shine.
我們知道你的意思,基于這點這段時間繼續讓你光芒閃耀的許多困擾。
Her way of life was mean and miserly, but she did not know it.
她的生活寒愴吝嗇,而她不自知。
Everybody trying to tell me That you didn't mean me no good.
每個人都試圖告訴我這并不意味著我沒有很好的。
A new book of her letters and notes reveals that she was a talented and experienced chef who created a mean recipe for stuffing.
一本由她的信件和備注的新著揭示了她是一個天才并且經歷了為吃飯而寫的一份均衡的食譜的廚師。
I mean, I mean all I care about is you and the guy are fine. That's all I care. But honestly, you know, I mean, God bless you.
我是說,我關心的只是你和那個人是否很好。那就是我所關心的。但老實說,你知道,我是說,上帝保佑你。
I don't know who or what you mean. I am quite in the dark.
我不明白你說的是誰,說的是什么。我絲毫不知道。
We mean a two-particle system with the particles held at a fixed distance from each other by a rigid massless rod of length d.
我們意指一個兩粒子體系,粒子之間借助于一長度為d的剛性無質量棒而保持固定距離。
My friends, what does all this uproar mean?
朋友們,你們這樣喊叫究竟是什么意思?
I mean that I hope you may be induced on to arrange in a friendly manner.
我的意思就是希望你能和和氣氣地安排一下。
She felt it mean to think the thoughts that ran through her head.
她覺得掠過她腦際的這種思想是卑下的。
"I mean, " he persisted, "do you think I'm your friend? "
“我是說,”他堅持說,“你認為我是你的朋友嗎?”
This does not mean that those individuals must use the same language and methods.
這并不是說,那些人必須使用那種說法和方法。
Extensive research has shown that fractional atomic masses always mean mixture of isotopes.
進一步的研究揭示出:部分原子質量常是同位素的混合物。
The region of the atmosphere below 90 Km has a nearly constant mean molecular mass, and is therefore called the homosphere.
90公里以下大氣區域,具有一個接近恒定的平均分子質量,因此稱為均勻層。
At a depth of twenty or thirty feet there is but little variation from the mean temperature of the year.
在20英尺或30英尺的深度,每年的平均溫度只有極小的變化。
"You mean you want a divorce now? " "If I get custody of Billy, " she said.
“你意思是說現在要離婚?”“要是我得到比利的監護權,”她說。
I used the utmost of my endeavour to persuade him, and joined that known woman's rhetoric to it--I mean, that of tears.
我盡力勸他,還加上大家都知道的女人的特別辭令--眼淚。
I was waiting prayerfully for the name of Oscar Zinner to be called even though I knew that this might mean my doom.
我虔誠地等著有人叫奧斯卡·欽納的名字--雖然也知道,這一叫可能意味著我大禍臨頭。
"You mean to tell me Kerrigan's never been down here to pick up a little food for himself? "
“你敢說克理甘就從來沒有下來撈過點東西吃?”
"I don't think I know what you mean? " she said, "you use too many figures of speech; I could never understand allegories. "
“我不明白你是什么意思,”她說,“你用的比喻太多,我從來不懂這些啞謎。”
It would mean a showdown--almost certainly irreversible and final--between them both.
那就意味著雙方要攤牌--幾乎可以肯定將是不可挽回的,是決定性的。
Do you mean to say you have come up to London from the country and stood all this time on the bridge, just because of an idle dream?
“你是說,你從鄉下到倫敦來,一直站在這橋上,就因為做了一個荒唐的夢?”
At this pressure it is found that the mean free path for electrons of a few volts energy is of the order of 1cm.
在這個壓強下,我們發現能量為幾伏特的電子的平均自由程的數量級為1cm。
In the mean time, however, the newspapers had been given full details of transaction, and a storm of words against Cowperwood ensued.
不過,報紙卻同時獲悉了和解的詳細內情,接著就發表了大批攻擊柯帕爾的文章。
Then he said I was mean, and then he said I was base; then I called him a beggar.
他還說我卑鄙,說我齷齪,跟著我也就叫起他叫化子來了。
The only remaining question was whether Chrysler could afford me-and I don't just mean financially.
剩下的最后一個問題就是克萊斯勒公司是否能讓我放開手腳干--我的意思不僅僅是財政方面。
"Good God, you don't mean to say you want to break off? " asked Dobbin, starting up.
都賓霍的站起來問道:“老天爺!難道你想解約嗎?”
They were not ungenerous or mean: they were simply not bred to any restraint.
他們待人心腸好,毫無惡意,但從小就沒有養成自制力。
I mean that there should be no argument about this.
我的意思是不許對此事有任何爭論。
The best solution is to refine technique and thus reduce the size of the error mean square.
最好的解決辦法是提高技術,以降低均方誤差的大小。
It would probably mean the end of his military career.
這可能會斷送他在軍隊里的前途。
And now they mean to kill him for turning on them.
如今他們卻因為他跟他們對抗,就想要他的命。
Look, Justine, I hate to be a spoilsport and truly I don't mean to hurt your feelings.
賈斯丁,我并不想做一個掃興的人,真的,我不想傷害你的感情。
"Did this mean the end of her regime" , she queried.
她問,“這是否就是她的時代終止的意思?”
The Battle of Britain's awfully tired, though, isn't it? I don't know if he'd mean anything today, Matty.
不過“英國戰役”無聊透了,是不是?梅蒂,我不知道他現在還有什么重要性。
If I were to report that I see enemy ships indirectly, I should merely provoke the question what exactly I mean.
假如我報告說我間接看見了敵艦,我會徒然招惹我確切所指為何的問題。
And I don't mean that Ashley would run off with another woman, if you were his wife, or beat you.
我也不是說,你如果做了他的位子,艾希禮會跟別的女人私奔,或者揍你。
And the bank does not mean that oral publicity contract, the contract is the product of the most regulated financial agreement.
而且銀行的口頭宣傳不代表合同內容,合同才是對理財產品最規范的約定。
Our brain tries to make sense of what these imageries mean and our mind creates stories out of it.
我們的大腦試著弄清楚這些意象的含義和我們創造的故事。
I mean, the types of people who buy the sort of magazines we're talking about aren't really into the kind of stuff I draw.
我的意思是,我們所談論的這類雜志,它的讀者不會真的理解我究竟畫了什么。
I mean the kind of real, honest conversations that couples have all the time at the beginning of a relationship, but which fade over time.
我指的是那種在戀愛初期無話不說,開誠布公的溝通,雖然它會隨著時間的流逝而逐漸褪色。
Weiner says that he aims to redress errors in her column and ensure that Savant's daunting IQ does not mean that she goes unquestioned.
維納說,他的目的是糾正她專欄中的錯誤,并擔保莎凡特可怕的智商并不意味著她不能遭人置疑。
'While very encouraging, these discoveries do not mean that our global biodiversity is out of the woods, ' she said.
“雖然令人振奮,但這些發現并不意味著我們地球的生物多樣性亦可見于雨林之外。”她說。
Your response helped me a lot. You mean that it may be an electric stove which would be used in Canada, not an electromagnetic stove, right?
我看到一種炒鍋挺好,但售貨員說它不適宜用在電磁爐,因其底為鐵制的,想必用在電爐應沒問題吧?
She maintains that if both sides are barreling down on her, it must mean she's doing something right; it proves her independence.
她認為,如果民主黨和共和黨都對她不滿,那一定說明她在做著一些正確的事,說明她沒被他人意見左右。
Working at home two or three days a week does not just mean cutting out some of the commute to work and saving money.
一周兩到三天在家工作不止意味著節省一部分通勤費。
I mean, do what you want with a man, but do not fuck with his Cadillac.
我是說,你干啥都行,但別動他的卡迪拉克車。
But he said that does not mean Pyongyang will definitely be lifted from the U. S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
但是布什指出,這不意味著一定會把平壤從美國列出的支持恐怖主義的國家名單中除名。
The small rota diameter does mean she spins very fast and their is quite a bit of tip noise, but not enough to worry about.
小羅塔直徑意味著她旋轉非常快,他們是相當多的冰山噪音,但不足以擔心。
Where did he get such a mean personality? Have I been overprotective(of him)?
他從哪能里得來的這么壞的個性呢?我是不是保護過度?
I can also say that having a sexy body for your husband will only help you loose even more weight, if you know what I mean.
為了你的丈夫擁有一個性感的神才能幫助你減少更多的體重,如果你知道我的意思的話。
Note that this design doesn't mean that all diagnostics for a particular machine must be collected in a serial, synchronous fashion.
請注意,這種設計并不表示一臺特定計算機中的所有診斷信息必須以串行、同步的方式來收集。
Stopping: does that mean that this is all inhibition is designed to suggest to us.
停止:這難道意味著,所有的壓抑被設計,就是要跟我們建議這個?
That of course does not guarantee a first page position for popular search terms, but it does mean your content is in Google.
當然,這還無法保證在搜索列表上位置靠前,但確實意味著你的東西已融入谷歌。
Wilson continued: "Aaron will know that this move does not mean a rubber-stamped place in the first team. "
威爾遜繼續說:“阿龍將知道這次轉會并不意味著一個一線隊的主力位置。”
You mean he holds out on you?
你是說他瞞你了?
The better command you have of words, the better chance you have of saying exactly what you mean.
你駕馭文字的能力越強,你就越能準確地表達你自己的想法。
Thus when we speak of "the velocity of an automobile, " we usually mean its velocity relative to the earth.
因此,當我們談到“某汽車的速度”時,通常是相對于地面的速度。
I know you only mean me a Kindness, dear1365, but it is a most deadly mistake.
親愛的第一千三百六十五號,我知道你對我完全是一番美意,但這件事是一個非常嚴重的錯誤。
Stop pussyfooting around and say what you mean.
別那么縮手縮腳的,說說你到底是什么意思。
To be well dressed needn't mean luxuriously dressed.
穿得好不一定衣著豪華。
They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
他們不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和對舒適的迷戀中。
I see [can follow] perfectly what you mean.
我完全理會你的意思。
Though they didn't mean it by a long chalk, the railroad people did me a good turn when they gave me my time.
盡管鐵路當局的本意壓根不是這么回事,可是他們停了我的生意,實在幫了我一個大忙。
Do you mean that it's none of my business?
你以為它跟我毫無關系嗎?