intend, mean

low, mean, cheap, shabby

mean, imply, indicate, represent, denote, signify, suggest

名詞 mean:

1. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
   同義詞：mean value

動(dòng)詞 mean:

1. mean or intend to express or convey
   同義詞：intend
2. have as a logical consequence
   同義詞：entail, imply
3. denote or connote
   同義詞：intend, signify, stand for
4. have in mind as a purpose
   同義詞：intend, think
5. have a specified degree of importance
6. intend to refer to
   同義詞：think of, have in mind
7. destine or designate for a certain purpose

形容詞 mean:

1. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
   同義詞：average
2. characterized by malice
   同義詞：hateful
3. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
   同義詞：base, meanspirited
4. excellent
5. marked by poverty befitting a beggar
   同義詞：beggarly
6. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
   同義詞：mingy, miserly, tight
7. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
   同義詞：beggarly
8. of no value or worth
   同義詞：bastardly

1. I wasn't serious. I meant it as a joke.
   我并非有意。我是想開個(gè)玩笑而已。
2. He means business: he really will shoot us if we try to escape.
   他不是說著玩的; 我們要是逃，他真會(huì)開槍。
3. Do you mean Miss Anne Smith or Miss Mary Smith?
   你指的是安·史密斯小姐還是瑪麗·史密斯小姐？
4. I'm sorry I hurt you: I didn't mean to.
   對(duì)不起，我弄傷了你; 我不是故意的。
5. He's hopelessly inefficient, but I suppose he means well.
   他低能得無以復(fù)加，然而卻是出於好心。
6. He's too mean to buy us a meal.
   他太小氣，不肯請(qǐng)我們吃飯。
7. I don't understand what the word means.
   我不懂這個(gè)詞是什么意思。
8. The mean of 7,9 and 14 is 10.
   7、9和14 的平均數(shù)是10。

mean

v.（動(dòng)詞）
meant[mμnt] mean.ing,means
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）

To be used to convey; denote:
傳達(dá)意思，表示：
例句：
.‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether youcan make words mean so many different things’. (Lewis Carroll)
.‘問題是’，艾麗斯說，‘是否你能夠 使詞匯具有那么多不同的意思’. (劉易斯·卡羅爾)

To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
意味，象征：作為象征而表現(xiàn)；代表，表示：
例句：
In this poem, the budding flower means youth.
在這首詩中，含苞待放的花朵象征著青春

To intend to convey or indicate:
含意，意味：
例句：
.No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.(Henry Adams)
.沒有人說出的話全都是他的本意，而極少有人能把自己的本意全部說出來，因?yàn)槲淖值谋磉_(dá)可以很含糊，而人的思想可以停滯.(亨利·亞當(dāng)斯)

To have as a purpose or an intention; intend:
意欲；打算：做為目的或意圖而具有；計(jì)劃：
例句：
I meant to go running this morning, but I overslept.
我今天早晨本打算去跑步，但是我睡過頭了

To design, intend, or destine for a certain purpose or end:
圖謀，企圖：為特定的目的或結(jié)果設(shè)計(jì)、打算或預(yù)定：
例句：
a building that was meant for storage; a student who was meant to be a scientist.
預(yù)定作倉庫用的大樓；一名注定成為科學(xué)家的學(xué)生

To have as a consequence; bring about:
造成：作為結(jié)果而具有；引起：
例句：
Friction means heat.
摩擦起熱

To have the importance or value of:
具有重要性或價(jià)值：
例句：
The opinions of the critics meant nothing to him. She meant so much to me.
對(duì)他來說，批評(píng)家們的意見沒有任何意義。她對(duì)我來說那么重要

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed:
有意做，打算：懷有特定用意；被處置：
例句：
She means well, despite her blunders.
她用意是好的，盡管她因?yàn)闊o知犯了大錯(cuò)誤

<習(xí)慣用語>mean business【非正式用語】
To be in earnest.
急切，迫切
來源：
Middle English menen
中古英語 menen
from Old English mônan [to tell of] * see mei-no-
源自 古英語 mônan [告訴] *參見 mei-no-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>mean,denote,import,signifyThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to convey a particular idea.:
這些動(dòng)詞共有的中心意思是.解釋某個(gè)特定的意思.：
例句：
what does the word serendipity meanô
單詞serendipity 是什么意思？

Pro- may denote .earlier. or .anterior..
Pro- 可能指.早些.或.在…之前.。
例句：
Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love;
費(fèi)城是個(gè)代表兄弟之愛的城市；

例句：
that is what its name imports.
那就是它的名字所含有的意義。

例句：
A crown signifies royal power.
皇冠表示皇家權(quán)力


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mean
mean 2

adj.（形容詞）
mean.er,mean.est

Selfish in a petty way; unkind.
自私的，小氣的；無情的
Cruel, spiteful, or malicious.
殘酷的、可惡的或懷有惡意的
Ignoble; base:
卑鄙的：
例句：
a mean motive.
卑鄙的動(dòng)機(jī)

Miserly; stingy.
自私的；吝嗇的

Low in quality or grade; inferior.
品質(zhì)或等級(jí)低劣的；低級(jí)的
Low in value or amount; paltry:
價(jià)值或數(shù)量低的；微不足道的：
例句：
paid no mean amount for the new shoes.
這雙新鞋價(jià)格非常低

Common or poor in appearance; shabby:
外表平?；蜇毟F的；簡(jiǎn)陋的：
例句：
.The rowhouses had been darkened by the rain and looked meaner and grimmer than ever.(Anne Tyler)
.一排排房屋被雨水澆濕，看上去比以前更加破舊陰暗了.(安妮·泰勒)

Low in social status; of humble origins.
社會(huì)地位低下的；出身寒微的
Humiliated or ashamed.
慚愧的，羞愧的
In poor physical condition; sick or debilitated.
身體不好的；有病的，不舒服的
Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable:
惱人的，討厭的：
例句：
The meanest storm in years.
這些天來最討厭的暴風(fēng)雨

Informal Ill-tempered.
【非正式用語】 脾氣壞的
Slang
【俚語】
Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
難對(duì)付的；困難的或麻煩的：
例句：
He throws a mean fast ball.
他擲一個(gè)又快又難以應(yīng)付的球

Excellent; skillful:
出色的；熟練的：
例句：
She plays a mean game of bridge.
她橋牌打得非常出色

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English gemône [common] * see mei-
源自 古英語 gemône [普通的，平常的] *參見 mei-

【引伸】
mean.ly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>mean,low,base,abject,ignoble,sordidThese adjectives mean lacking in the elevation or dignity or falling short of the standards befitting human beings.
這些形容詞都是有缺乏尊嚴(yán)或不符合人類的道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的含義。
Mean suggests pettiness;it may also connote traits such as spite or niggardliness:
Mean 有心胸狹窄的含義，同時(shí)也指帶有惡意或吝嗇：
例句：
.chok`d with ambition of the meaner sort. (Shakespeare).
.被那種狹窄的野心憋得透不過氣來. （莎士比亞）。

例句：
.Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. (J.M. Barrie).Somethinglow violates standards of morality, ethics, or propriety:
.千萬不要和比你自己的動(dòng)機(jī)更惡毒的對(duì)手較量. (J.M.巴里）。Low 的人（或事）違背道德、倫理和禮貌的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：

例句：
low cunning;
卑劣的狡詐；

例句：
a low trick.
卑劣的惡作劇。

Base suggests a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency:
Base 指思想卑鄙，讓人蔑視，缺乏人類的自尊：
例句：
.that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble. (Edmund Burke).
.那心甘情愿的服從；如果沒有它，你們的軍隊(duì)將是一群卑鄙的烏合之眾. （愛德蒙·伯克）。

Abject means brought low in condition; it often indicates starkness or hopelessness:
Abject 多指因處于嚴(yán)酷、無望的狀態(tài)下導(dǎo)致的卑鄙行為：
例句：
abject submission;
可鄙的屈服；

例句：
abject poverty.
可鄙的貧窮。

Ignoble means lacking those qualities, such as elevated moral character, that give human beings distinction of mind and soul:
Ignoble 指缺乏那些使人類思想、心靈和精神高貴的品格，如很高的道德水準(zhǔn)：
例句：
.For my part I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.).
.至于我，我認(rèn)為一些罪犯的脫逃比政府扮演不光彩角色的罪行還要輕. （小奧立佛·文德爾·霍姆）。

Sordid suggests foul, repulsive degradation:
Sordid 表示令人厭惡的卑鄙：
例句：
.It is through art . . . that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence. (Oscar Wilde).
.是藝術(shù)…使我們能夠避開現(xiàn)實(shí)世界卑鄙、骯臟的危險(xiǎn). （奧斯卡·王爾德）


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mean
mean 3

n.（名詞）
Something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium.
中等：在位置、品質(zhì)、條件上處于兩極端中間的；中庸適度
Mathematics
【數(shù)學(xué)】
A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.
中數(shù)：代表一組數(shù)的一個(gè)數(shù)，如幾何中數(shù)或算術(shù)中數(shù)
The average value of a set of numbers.
平均值
Logic The middle term in a syllogism.
【邏輯學(xué)】 三段論的中項(xiàng)
means (used with a sing. or pl. verb)A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
means （與單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）方法，手段：用于完成一個(gè)行動(dòng)或取得一個(gè)結(jié)果的方法、手段或工具
means (used with a pl. verb)
means （與復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）
Money, property, or other wealth:
金錢，財(cái)產(chǎn)或其他富：
例句：
You ought to live within your means.
你應(yīng)該量力為出

Great wealth:
巨大財(cái)富：
例句：
a woman of means.
富婆

adj.（形容詞）
Occupying a middle or intermediate position between two extremes.
居中的，中間的；中庸的
Intermediate in size, extent, quality, time, or degree; medium.
中等的：在兩極端之間占具中間位置的，居中的

<習(xí)慣用語>by all means
Without fail; certainly.
當(dāng)然；當(dāng)然可以
by any means
In any way possible; in any case:
用盡各種可能的辦法；無論如何：
例句：
not by any means an easy opponent.
無論如何也不是一個(gè)容易的對(duì)手

by means of
With the use of; owing to:
使用；由于：
例句：
They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice.
他們靠耐心和犧牲而取得了成功

by no means
In no sense; certainly not:
并沒有；絕不：
例句：
This remark by no means should be taken lightly.
這次講話絕不能等閑視之

來源：
Middle English mene [middle]
中古英語 mene [中間]
from Old French meien
源自 古法語 meien
from Latin medi3nus
源自 拉丁語 medi3nus
from medius * see medhyo-
源自 medius *參見 medhyo-

In the sense of .financial resources.means takes a plural verb:
在.經(jīng)濟(jì)來源.這個(gè)意義上，means 使用的是復(fù)數(shù)：
例句：
His means are more than adequate.
他的財(cái)富綽綽有余。

In the sense of .a way to an end.means may be treated as either a singular or plural. It is singular when referring to a particular strategy or method:
從.方法、手段.的意義上講，means 既可以是單數(shù)，也可以是復(fù)數(shù)。 如果指的是個(gè)別的方法或策略則是單數(shù)：
例句：
The best means of securing the cooperation of the builders is to appeal to their self-interest.
保證建造者之間合作的最好辦法就是滿足他們的各自利益。

It is plural when it refers to a group of strategies or methods:
如果指的是一組方法或策略則是復(fù)數(shù)：
例句：
The most effective means for dealing with the drug problem have generally been those suggested by the affected communities. ·
對(duì)付毒品問題最有效的辦法是那些受到毒品問題影響的社區(qū)所提供的。 ·

Means is most often followed by of :
Means 后面常跟 of ：
例句：
a means of noise reduction.
降低噪音的辦法。

Butfor, to, and toward are also used:
但也跟for，to 和 toward ：
例句：
a means for transmitting signals;
傳遞信號(hào)的手段；

例句：
a means to an end;
達(dá)到某個(gè)目的的手段；

例句：
a means toward achieving social equality.
為實(shí)現(xiàn)社會(huì)均等而采取的手段