1VERB [no cont]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. 意思是;表示…的意思;作…解释
2VERB [no cont]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. 意指;表示;意思是说
Do you mean me?. [VERB noun]
你指的是我吗?
Let me illustrate what I mean with an old story. [VERB noun]
让我用一个古老的故事来说明我的意思吧。
What do you think he means by that?. [VERB noun]
你觉得他那么说是什么意思呢?
I think he means that he does not want this marriage to turn out like his friend's. [VERB that]
6VERB 涉及;包含 If doing one thing means doing another, it involves doing the second thing. 涉及;包含
Children universally prefer to live in peace and security, even if that means living with only one parent. [V -ing]
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. [VERB verb-ing]
良好的管理需要有效的沟通。
7VERB [no cont]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. 对…当真;对…严肃认真
He says you're fired if you're not back at work on Friday. And I think he meant it. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
他看得出我并非只是说说而已,于是拿起他的皮衣走了。
8VERB [no cont]有意;故意 If you say that someone meant to do something, you are saying that they did it deliberately. 有意;故意
I didn't mean to hurt you. [VERB to-infinitive]
我无意伤害你。
If that sounds harsh, it is meant to. [VERB to-infinitive]
如果这么说听起来刺耳的话,那目的就达到了。
Did you mean to leave your dog here?. [VERB to-infinitive]
你是不是故意把你的狗丢在这里呢?
I can see why you believed my letters were threatening but I never meant them to be. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
9VERB [no cont]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. 本意并非;并未打算
I'm sure he didn't mean any harm. [VERB noun]
我相信他并无恶意。
I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark. [VERB noun]
我本无意冒犯,那不过是句脱口而出的冒失话。
10VERB [no cont]计划;打算;准备 If you mean to do something, you intend or plan to do it. 计划;打算;准备
Summer is the perfect time to catch up on the new books you meant to read. [VERB to-infinitive]
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. [VERB to-infinitive]
你非常清楚我想说什么。
I mean to look after my body. [VERB to-infinitive]
我得多注意身体。
11VERB [usually passive, no cont]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. 注定(或肯定)要…
John was constantly reassuring me that we were meant to be together. [beVERB-ed to-infinitive]
12PHRASE 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. 我的意思是,也就是说(用于使表述更加清楚) [spoken] [spoken] [spoken]
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?
13PHRASE (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. (用于引出主张,尤指证明自己刚才所说的话)
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。
14PHRASE 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. 我的意思是(用于纠正之前所说的话)
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。
15PHRASE 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. 理解…的滋味;了解…的影响
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。
16PHRASE 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. 听说过;了解
'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?
17PHRASE 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. 出于好意;怀有善意
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。
18PHRASE (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. (疑问句中用于询问对方自己的理解是否正确)你是说
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?'
1ADJ-GRADED 吝啬的;小气的 If you describe someone as mean, you are being critical of them because they are unwilling to spend much money or to use very much of a particular thing. 吝啬的;小气的 [mainly British, disapproval]
Don't be mean with fabric, otherwise curtains will end up looking skimpy.
This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.
这种对待金钱的过分谨慎的态度有时几近于吝啬。
2ADJ-GRADED (数目)微薄的,少得可怜的 If you describe an amount as mean, you are saying that it is very small. (数目)微薄的,少得可怜的 [British, disapproval]
...the meanest grant possible from the local council.
从地方委员会可能获得的微乎其微的拨款
3ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ]不友好的;刻薄的 If someone is being mean, they are being unkind to another person, for example by not allowing them to do something. 不友好的;刻薄的
The little girls had locked themselves in upstairs because Mack had been mean to them. [+ to]
小姑娘们把自己锁在楼上,因为麦克对她们很刻薄。
I'd feel mean saying no.
拒绝的话我说不出口。
meanly
He had been behaving very meanly to his girlfriend.
他对女朋友一直非常刻薄。
4ADJ-GRADED (指人或动物)脾气极坏的,残忍的 If you describe a person or animal as mean, you are saying that they are very bad-tempered and cruel. (指人或动物)脾气极坏的,残忍的 [mainly US]
...the meanest fighter in the world.
世界上最残忍的斗士
5ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](地方)简陋的,破旧的 If you describe a place as mean, you think that it looks poor and dirty. (地方)简陋的,破旧的
He was raised on the mean streets of the central market district of Panama City.
6ADJ [ADJ n]在行的;熟练的;拿手的 You can use mean in expressions such as 'He plays a mean trumpet' and 'She mixes a mean cocktail' to indicate that someone does something extremely well. 在行的;熟练的;拿手的 [informal, approval]
7PHRASE 高水平的;上乘的;优秀的 You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean writer' and 'no mean golfer' to indicate that someone does something well. 高水平的;上乘的;优秀的 [informal, approval] [informal, approval]
She was no mean performer on a variety of other instruments.
许多别的乐器她也演奏得相当出色。
Moreover, Ramsay was no mean thinker himself.
而且拉姆齐自己也是一位出色的思想家。
8PHRASE 了不起的;令人自豪的 You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean achievement' and 'no mean task' to indicate that someone has done something they deserve to be proud of. 了不起的;令人自豪的
To destroy 121 enemy aircraft is no mean record.
歼灭121架敌机是一个了不起的纪录。
Repton reached the final, and since around 1,500 schools entered the competition, that was no mean achievement.