means是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a method or way of doing something -- 方法，手段

  • They had no means of communication. 他們沒有通訊方法。

  • We need to find some other means of transportation. 我們需要找其他交通工具了。

  • We need to use every means at our disposal. 我們必須把我們所能採用的各種方法都用上。

  • She tried to explain by means of sign language. 她試圖用手語來解釋。

  • There is no means of tracing the debt at all. 根本無法追查這筆債。

  • The family had no means of support (= way of getting money). 這家人沒有收入來源。

• 1 money, for example from an income, that allows you to buy things -- 金錢；財富；財力；收入

  • [ + to infinitive ] He has the means to buy half the houses in the street if he wanted to. 只要他願意，他有錢買下這條街上半數的房產。