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. 他们没有通讯手段。

  • We need to find some other means of transportation. 我们得找其他交通工具了。

  • We need to use every means at our disposal. 我们必须把我们所能采用的各种方法都用上。

  • She tried to explain by means of sign language. 她试图通过手语来解释。

  • There is no means of tracing the debt at all. 根本无法追查这笔债。

  • The family had no means of support (= way of getting money). 这家人没有生活来源。

• 1 money, for example from an income, that allows you to buy things -- 金钱；财富；财力；收入

  • [ + to infinitive ] He has the means to buy half the houses in the street if he wanted to. 只要他愿意，他有钱买下这条街上半数的房产。