mean是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to express or represent something such as an idea, thought, or fact -- 意思是；意味著

  • What does this word mean? 這個詞是甚麼意思？

  • [ + that ] These figures mean that almost six percent of the working population is unemployed. 這些數字意味著近6%的勞動人口處於失業狀態。

  • What do you mean by that remark? 你那句話是甚麼意思？

  • She's kind of strange though. Do you know what I mean? 可是她有點怪。你明白我指甚麼嗎？

  • "They all showed up." "You mean the entire family?"

  • I want you home by midnight. And I mean midnight. 我要你午夜前回家，記住是午夜。

  • Give it back now! I mean it. 現在就把它還了！我是說真的。

• 1 to have a particular result -- 意味著；結果是

  • Lower costs mean lower prices. 成本降低，價格就會下降。

  • [ + that ] Advances in electronics mean that the technology is already available. 電子學方面的進步使這項技術已經可供人們利用。

  • [ + -ing verb ] If we want to catch the 7.30 train, that will mean leaving the house at 6.00. 如果想趕上7：30的火車，那就意味著我們要6：00從家中出發。

• 2 to intend -- 有意，打算

  • I'm sorry if I offended you - I didn't mean any harm. 如果冒犯了你我很抱歉——我並無惡意。

  • The books with large print are meant for partially sighted readers. 這些大號字體書籍是為視力有障礙的讀者而設的。

  • [ + to infinitive ] I've been meaning to call you all week. 我整個星期都想著要打電話給你。

  • Do you think she meant to say 9 a.m. instead of 9 p.m.? 你認為她是想說上午9點而不是晚上9點嗎？

  • They didn't mean for her to read the letter. 他們並不想讓她讀那封信。

  • These batteries are meant to last for a year. 這些電池應該能用一年。

  • This exercise isn't meant to be difficult. 這個練習不會很難。

  • We were meant to have gone away this week, but Debbie's ill so we couldn't go. 這週我們本該要走，但是戴比病了，所以我們走不了。

  • You are meant to rub the medicine on the affected area, not swallow it. 你應該把藥抹在受感染部位，而不是吞服。

• 3 to have an important emotional effect on someone -- 對…具有意義，對…具有重大影響

  • It wasn't a valuable picture but it meant a lot to me. 這不是一幅很貴重的畫，但對我卻很重要。

  • Possessions mean nothing to him. 財富對他來說毫無意義。

• 4 not willing to give or share things, especially money -- 吝嗇的，小氣的

  • He's too mean to buy her a ring. 他太吝嗇了，捨不得買一枚戒指給她。

  • My landlord's very mean with the heating - it's only on for two hours each day. 我的房東對使用暖氣很吝嗇——每天只開兩個小時。

• 5 unkind or unpleasant -- 卑鄙的；刻薄的

  • Stop being so mean to me! 別對我那麼刻薄！

  • She just said it to be mean. 她那麼說就是為了讓人不悅。

• 6 frightening and likely to become violent -- 兇惡的；氣勢洶洶的

  • a mean and angry mob 一群氣勢洶洶、激動憤怒的暴民

  • a mean-looking youth 一個面相很兇的年輕人

• 7 very good -- 極好的，出色的

  • She's a mean piano player. 她是個出色的鋼琴演奏家。

  • She plays a mean piano (= she plays very well). 她鋼琴彈得很棒。

• 8 poor, dirty, and of bad quality -- 貧窮；骯髒；劣質

  • He was born in the mean streets of Detroit in 1945. 他1945年出生在底特律的貧民區。

• 9 a mean number is an average number -- （數值）平均的

  • a mean value 平均值

  • Their mean weight was 76.4 kilos. 他們的平均體重是76.4公斤。

• 10 the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts -- （數學上的）平均數，平均值

  • The mean of 5, 4, 10, and 15 is 8.5. 5，4，10和15的平均數是8.5。

• 11 a quality or way of doing something that is in the middle of two completely different qualities or ways of doing something -- 中間；中庸；適度

  • We need to find a mean between test questions that are too difficult and those that are too easy. 我們需要出難度適中的考題。