mean
美 [min] 
英 [miːn]
- v.意味着；意思是；打算；表示…的意思
- n.平均值；中庸；平均数；中间
- adj.刻薄；吝啬的；小气的；不善良
- 网络意指
词形变化
第三人称单数：means 现在分词：meaning 过去式：meant 比较级：meaner 最高级：meanest 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
有含意have as meaning
1. | 表示…的意思to have sth as a meaning |
| What does this sentence mean? 这个句子是什么意思？ |
| What is meant by ‘batch processing’? batch processing 是什么意思？ |
| Does the name ‘Jos Vos’ mean anything to you(= do you know who he is) ? 你知道乔斯 ) 沃斯是谁吗？ |
| The flashing light means (that) you must stop. 闪烁的灯光表示你必须停下。 |
意思是intend as meaning
2. | 意思是；本意是to intend to say sth on a particular occasion |
| What did he mean by that remark? 他说那话是什么意思？ |
| ‘Perhaps we should try another approach.’ ‘ What do you mean?(= I don't understand what you are suggesting.) ’ “也许我们应该试一试别的方法。”“你指的是什么方法？” |
| What do you mean , you thought I wouldn't mind?(= of course I mind and I am very angry) 你这是什么意思？你以为我不会在意吗？ |
| What she means is that there's no point in waiting here. 她的意思是说在这儿等下去没什么意思。 |
| I always found him a little strange, if you know what I mean(= if you understand what I mean by ‘strange’) . 我总觉得他有点儿怪，如果你明白我这话是什么意思。 |
| I know what you mean(= I understand and feel sympathy) . I hated learning to drive too. 我明白你的意思。我也不愿意学开车。 |
| It was like─weird. Know what I mean? 它有点儿，怪异。你明白我的意思吗？ |
| I see what you mean(= I understand although I may not agree) , but I still think it's worth trying. 我知道你是什么意思，但我仍然认为值得一试。 |
| See what I mean(= I was right and this proves it, doesn't it) ? She never agrees to anything I suggest. 这下可证明我说的对了吧？我说什么她都不听。 |
| ‘But Pete doesn't know we're here!’ ‘ That's what I mean!(= that's what I have been trying to tell you.) ’ “可是皮特不知道我们在这儿呀！”“我就是这个意思嘛！” |
| Do you mean Ann Smith or Mary Smith? 你是说安 ) 史密斯，还是说玛丽 ) 史密斯？ |
| Did he mean (that) he was dissatisfied with our service? 他是不是表示对我们的服务不满意？ |
| You mean(= are you telling me) we have to start all over again? 你是不是说我们必须从头再来一遍？ |
有目的have as purpose
3. | 打算；意欲；有…的目的to have sth as a purpose or intention |
| What did she mean by leaving so early(= why did she do it) ? 她为什么这么早就走了？ |
| Don't laugh! I mean it(= I am serious) . 别笑！我是认真的。 |
| He means trouble(= to cause trouble) . 他存心捣乱。 |
| Don't be upset─I'm sure she meant it as a compliment. 别不高兴，我肯定她的原意是要称赞你的。 |
| He means what he says(= is not joking, exaggerating, etc.) . 他说话是当真的。 |
| The chair was clearly meant for a child. 这椅子显然是专为儿童设计的。 |
| Don't be angry. I'm sure she meant it for the best(= intended to be helpful) . 别生气了。我相信她是真心想要帮忙的。 |
| She means to succeed. 她一意求成。 |
| I'm sorry I hurt you. I didn't mean to . 对不起，弄疼你了。我不是故意的。 |
| I'm feeling very guilty─ I've been meaning to call my parents for days, but still haven't got around to it. 我感到非常内疚，几天来我一直打算给父母打电话，但还是没机会打。 |
| I didn't mean you to read the letter. 我没打算让你看那封信。 |
| You're meant to(= you are supposed to) pay before you go in. 你要先交钱才能进去。 |
| I never meant (that) you should come alone. 我从来没打算让你一个人来。 |
让某人成为╱做intend sb to be/do sth
4. | [oftpass] 想要某人成为；想要某人去做to intend sb to be or do sth |
| I was never meant for the army(= did not have the qualities needed to become a soldier) . 我根本就不是块当兵的料。 |
| Duncan and Makiko were meant for each other(= are very suitable as partners) . 邓肯和真纪子真是天生的一对。 |
| His father meant him to be an engineer. 他父亲想让他当工程师。 |
| She did everything to get the two of them together, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be . 她极力撮合他们俩，但我觉得那根本不可能。 |
有结果have as result
5. | 产生…结果；意味着to have sth as a result or a likely result |
| Spending too much now will mean a shortage of cash next year. 现在花销太多就意味着明年现金短缺。 |
| Do you have any idea what it means to be poor? 你知不知道贫穷意味着什么？ |
| We'll have to be careful with money but that doesn't mean (that) we can't enjoy ourselves. 我们必须精打细算，可也并不是说我们就不能享受生活。 |
| This new order will mean working overtime. 这新订单一来，我们就得加班加点。 |
| The injury could mean him missing next week's game. 这次受伤可能使他无法参加下周的比赛。 |
重要be important
6. | [nopass] ~ sth to sb 对某人重要（或有价值）to be of value or importance to sb |
| Your friendship means a great deal to me. 你的友谊对我来说是很珍贵的。 |
| $20 means a lot(= represents a lot of money) when you live on $100 a week. 当你每周就靠 100 元维持生活时，20 元可是个大数目。 |
| Money means nothing to him . 金钱对于他来说毫无价值。 |
| Her children mean the world to her . 她的孩子就是她的一切。 |
吝啬not generous
1. | 吝啬的；小气的not willing to give or share things, especially money |
| She's always been mean with money. 她在花钱方面总是非常吝啬。 |
不友善unkind
2. | ~ (to sb) 不善良；刻薄unkind, for example by not letting sb have or do sth |
| Don't be so mean to your little brother! 别对你弟弟那么刻薄！ |
愤怒；凶暴angry/violent
3. | 要发怒的；要发狂的likely to become angry or violent |
| That's a mean-looking dog. 那狗看上去很凶。 |
熟练skilful
4. |
熟练的；出色的very good and skilful |
| He's a mean tennis player. 他是一名出色的网球选手。 |
| She plays a mean game of chess. 她的国际象棋下得很棒。 |
平均average
5. | [obn] 平均的；介于中间的average; between the highest and the lowest, etc. |
智力intelligence
| This should be clear even to the meanest intelligence. 就是对智力最平庸的人来说，这也应当是非常明了的。 |
穷poor
7. | 又穷又脏的poor and dirty in appearance |
| mean houses/streets 脏乱的房屋╱街道 |
8. | 出身卑贱的；社会地位低下的born into or coming from a low social class |
中间middle way
1. | ~ (between A and B) 中间；中庸；折中a quality, condition, or way of doing sth that is in the middle of two extremes and better than either of them |
| He needed to find a mean between frankness and rudeness. 他需要在坦诚与唐突之间找到折中的方法。 |
平均average
2. | 平均数；平均值；算术中项the value found by adding together all the numbers in a group, and dividing the total by the number of numbers |
习惯用语
be meant to be sth
被普遍认为是to be generally considered to be sth
| This restaurant is meant to be excellent. 都说这家饭店很棒。 |
I mean
（解释或更正刚说过的话）我是说，意思是说used to explain or correct what you have just said
| It was so boring─I mean, nothing happened for the first hour! 真是无聊。我是说，一个小时都过去了，什么事儿都没发生！ |
| She's English─Scottish, I mean. 她是英国人，更确切地说，她是苏格兰人。 |
mean business
是认真的；说话算数to be serious in your intentions
| He has the look of a man who means business. 他看上去像是个说话算话的人。 |
mean (sb) no harm|not mean (sb) any harm
没有恶意；并非出于恶意to not have any intention of hurting sb
mean to say
（强调要说的话，或问对方是否真是这个意思）意思是说used to emphasize what you are saying or to ask sb if they really mean what they say
| I mean to say, you should have known how he would react! 我的意思是说，你本应料到他会作何反应！ |
| Do you mean to say you've lost it? 你是说你把那东西给弄丢了？ |
mean well
本意是好的；出于好心to have good intentions, although their effect may not be good
be no mean…
了不起；很出色used to say that sb is very good at doing sth
| His mother was a painter, and he's no mean artist himself. 他的母亲是画家，他本人也是很出色的艺术家。 |
the happy/golden mean
中庸之道a course of action that is not extreme
英汉解释
adj. | 1. 下贱的,卑劣的;(身份)低微的,卑贱的;卑鄙的;自私的 3. 〈美俚〉害羞的,觉得不好意思的;(马)脾气坏的;讨厌的,麻烦的;没精神的,不大舒服的;〈美俚〉老练的,巧妙的;极好的;可爱的;非常愉快的 |
n. | 1. (两端的)中央,中部,中间;【数】平均(数,值),中数;【伦】中庸;【逻】(三段论的)中项;中名辞,媒辞;【乐】中音部 |
v. | 5. 预定(人或东西)作某种用途,弄成...;暗指着说 |
英英解释
例句
Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter, and I knew that she thought me mean.
她的目光在我留给侍者的三个法郎上停了一会，我知道她会觉得我是个吝啬鬼。
Lovers and friends are all that matter, you'll never know how much it came to mean to me to have you by my side in battles lost and won.
主宰我全部的朋友，爱人啊，你永远不会知道，有你在我身边，胜败对我来说还意味着什么。
Sometimes he might goof up and use a word that did not mean exactly what he thought it meant.
有时他会很犯傻的用一个“他以为是那个意思”的词来表达他的意思。
Thing is, they aren't trying to be mean or rude . . . they just aren't thinking of others.
事实是，他们并不是有意这么做的。。。。他们只是没有想到别人。
I mean I put two years of work - nine months of it undercover - to gather enough evidence to indict Dante Arete. The case was almost made.
我的意思是我用了两年时间收集足以起诉丹蒂·阿雷特的证据，其中9个月是做卧底。
It's better for you, will keep you satisfied longer and - you won't have that 'puffy' look in your face (ladies, you know what I mean).
它们对你的健康有益，会让你具有长时间的饱足感-你的脸看上去不会‘肥嘟嘟’的（女孩子该知道我的意思吧）。
(It was) absolutely amazing, I mean, you know, with this hot weather and a lot of people all around us, it's just spectacular.
非常令人惊叹，我的意思是说，你知道，天气非常炎热，许多人围绕着我们，这是非常壮观的。
"We make a mockery of the word aphrodisiac if by it we mean a substance that sets one up to be raped, " says Schab.
“如果春药就是指那些使人坠入强奸圈套的东西，那我们真是让这个词看起来极度荒谬，”福沙伯说。
I don't mean to be rude, but I hope you're not going to tell me that to find the secret I have to look within myself or something like that.
我不是有意冒犯，但我希望你不要告诉我，要找到这个秘密我必须得审视自我或类似那样的东西。
By "random, " I mean really random: Pound the keyboard for a while, like a monkey trying to write Shakespeare.
随机的意思就是说，随意地敲击键盘一会，就像猴子试着写莎士比亚一样。
I don't mean that this attraction is not good. It is only an additional element to make love perfect, but not love itself.
这种吸引并不是不好，我觉得它是一个让爱情更加完美的元素，但不是爱情。
Just because you're unhappy doesn't mean you can take it out on me.
你心里不舒服，并不表示你可以拿我出气。你只有一张嘴。
For Men: Remember that when a woman gives with a smile on her face it doesn't necessarily mean the score is close to even.
男人：谨记女人面带笑容给与时，并不表示分数接近相等。
'A few weeks or months of negative earnings will not mean much to the value of these businesses in the long run. '
几周或几个月的亏损对这些公司的长远价值不会造成太大影响。
Put up your hands if you think you see what I mean. Okay Student: Inaudible No, that's actually not what I mean there.
如果明白就举手，好，学生：，教授：不，这不是我的意思，Prof。：，Um…
We know what you mean from the point of view of these times being so very encumbering for your Light to shine.
我们知道你的意思，基于这点这段时间继续让你光芒闪耀的许多困扰。
Her way of life was mean and miserly, but she did not know it.
她的生活寒怆吝啬，而她不自知。
Everybody trying to tell me That you didn't mean me no good.
每个人都试图告诉我这并不意味着我没有很好的。
A new book of her letters and notes reveals that she was a talented and experienced chef who created a mean recipe for stuffing.
一本由她的信件和备注的新著揭示了她是一个天才并且经历了为吃饭而写的一份均衡的食谱的厨师。
I mean, I mean all I care about is you and the guy are fine. That's all I care. But honestly, you know, I mean, God bless you.
我是说，我关心的只是你和那个人是否很好。那就是我所关心的。但老实说，你知道，我是说，上帝保佑你。
I don't know who or what you mean. I am quite in the dark.
我不明白你说的是谁，说的是什么。我丝毫不知道。
We mean a two-particle system with the particles held at a fixed distance from each other by a rigid massless rod of length d.
我们意指一个两粒子体系，粒子之间借助于一长度为d的刚性无质量棒而保持固定距离。
My friends, what does all this uproar mean?
朋友们，你们这样喊叫究竟是什么意思？
I mean that I hope you may be induced on to arrange in a friendly manner.
我的意思就是希望你能和和气气地安排一下。
She felt it mean to think the thoughts that ran through her head.
她觉得掠过她脑际的这种思想是卑下的。
"I mean, " he persisted, "do you think I'm your friend? "
“我是说，”他坚持说，“你认为我是你的朋友吗？”
This does not mean that those individuals must use the same language and methods.
这并不是说，那些人必须使用那种说法和方法。
Extensive research has shown that fractional atomic masses always mean mixture of isotopes.
进一步的研究揭示出：部分原子质量常是同位素的混合物。
The region of the atmosphere below 90 Km has a nearly constant mean molecular mass, and is therefore called the homosphere.
90公里以下大气区域，具有一个接近恒定的平均分子质量，因此称为均匀层。
At a depth of twenty or thirty feet there is but little variation from the mean temperature of the year.
在20英尺或30英尺的深度，每年的平均温度只有极小的变化。
"You mean you want a divorce now? " "If I get custody of Billy, " she said.
“你意思是说现在要离婚？”“要是我得到比利的监护权，”她说。
I used the utmost of my endeavour to persuade him, and joined that known woman's rhetoric to it--I mean, that of tears.
我尽力劝他，还加上大家都知道的女人的特别辞令--眼泪。
I was waiting prayerfully for the name of Oscar Zinner to be called even though I knew that this might mean my doom.
我虔诚地等着有人叫奥斯卡·钦纳的名字--虽然也知道，这一叫可能意味着我大祸临头。
"You mean to tell me Kerrigan's never been down here to pick up a little food for himself? "
“你敢说克理甘就从来没有下来捞过点东西吃？”
"I don't think I know what you mean? " she said, "you use too many figures of speech; I could never understand allegories. "
“我不明白你是什么意思，”她说，“你用的比喻太多，我从来不懂这些哑谜。”
It would mean a showdown--almost certainly irreversible and final--between them both.
那就意味着双方要摊牌--几乎可以肯定将是不可挽回的，是决定性的。
Do you mean to say you have come up to London from the country and stood all this time on the bridge, just because of an idle dream?
“你是说，你从乡下到伦敦来，一直站在这桥上，就因为做了一个荒唐的梦？”
At this pressure it is found that the mean free path for electrons of a few volts energy is of the order of 1cm.
在这个压强下，我们发现能量为几伏特的电子的平均自由程的数量级为1cm。
In the mean time, however, the newspapers had been given full details of transaction, and a storm of words against Cowperwood ensued.
不过，报纸却同时获悉了和解的详细内情，接着就发表了大批攻击柯帕尔的文章。
Then he said I was mean, and then he said I was base; then I called him a beggar.
他还说我卑鄙，说我龌龊，跟着我也就叫起他叫化子来了。
The only remaining question was whether Chrysler could afford me-and I don't just mean financially.
剩下的最后一个问题就是克莱斯勒公司是否能让我放开手脚干--我的意思不仅仅是财政方面。
"Good God, you don't mean to say you want to break off? " asked Dobbin, starting up.
都宾霍的站起来问道：“老天爷！难道你想解约吗？”
They were not ungenerous or mean: they were simply not bred to any restraint.
他们待人心肠好，毫无恶意，但从小就没有养成自制力。
I mean that there should be no argument about this.
我的意思是不许对此事有任何争论。
The best solution is to refine technique and thus reduce the size of the error mean square.
最好的解决办法是提高技术，以降低均方误差的大小。
It would probably mean the end of his military career.
这可能会断送他在军队里的前途。
And now they mean to kill him for turning on them.
如今他们却因为他跟他们对抗，就想要他的命。
Look, Justine, I hate to be a spoilsport and truly I don't mean to hurt your feelings.
贾斯丁，我并不想做一个扫兴的人，真的，我不想伤害你的感情。
"Did this mean the end of her regime" , she queried.
她问，“这是否就是她的时代终止的意思？”
The Battle of Britain's awfully tired, though, isn't it? I don't know if he'd mean anything today, Matty.
不过“英国战役”无聊透了，是不是？梅蒂，我不知道他现在还有什么重要性。
If I were to report that I see enemy ships indirectly, I should merely provoke the question what exactly I mean.
假如我报告说我间接看见了敌舰，我会徒然招惹我确切所指为何的问题。
And I don't mean that Ashley would run off with another woman, if you were his wife, or beat you.
我也不是说，你如果做了他的位子，艾希礼会跟别的女人私奔，或者揍你。
And the bank does not mean that oral publicity contract, the contract is the product of the most regulated financial agreement.
而且银行的口头宣传不代表合同内容，合同才是对理财产品最规范的约定。
Our brain tries to make sense of what these imageries mean and our mind creates stories out of it.
我们的大脑试着弄清楚这些意象的含义和我们创造的故事。
I mean, the types of people who buy the sort of magazines we're talking about aren't really into the kind of stuff I draw.
我的意思是，我们所谈论的这类杂志，它的读者不会真的理解我究竟画了什么。
I mean the kind of real, honest conversations that couples have all the time at the beginning of a relationship, but which fade over time.
我指的是那种在恋爱初期无话不说，开诚布公的沟通，虽然它会随着时间的流逝而逐渐褪色。
Weiner says that he aims to redress errors in her column and ensure that Savant's daunting IQ does not mean that she goes unquestioned.
维纳说，他的目的是纠正她专栏中的错误，并担保莎凡特可怕的智商并不意味着她不能遭人置疑。
'While very encouraging, these discoveries do not mean that our global biodiversity is out of the woods, ' she said.
“虽然令人振奋，但这些发现并不意味着我们地球的生物多样性亦可见于雨林之外。”她说。
Your response helped me a lot. You mean that it may be an electric stove which would be used in Canada, not an electromagnetic stove, right?
我看到一种炒锅挺好，但售货员说它不适宜用在电磁炉，因其底为铁制的，想必用在电炉应没问题吧？
She maintains that if both sides are barreling down on her, it must mean she's doing something right; it proves her independence.
她认为，如果民主党和共和党都对她不满，那一定说明她在做着一些正确的事，说明她没被他人意见左右。
Working at home two or three days a week does not just mean cutting out some of the commute to work and saving money.
一周两到三天在家工作不止意味着节省一部分通勤费。
I mean, do what you want with a man, but do not fuck with his Cadillac.
我是说，你干啥都行，但别动他的卡迪拉克车。
But he said that does not mean Pyongyang will definitely be lifted from the U. S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
但是布什指出，这不意味著一定会把平壤从美国列出的支持恐怖主义的国家名单中除名。
The small rota diameter does mean she spins very fast and their is quite a bit of tip noise, but not enough to worry about.
小罗塔直径意味着她旋转非常快，他们是相当多的冰山噪音，但不足以担心。
Where did he get such a mean personality? Have I been overprotective(of him)?
他从哪能里得来的这么坏的个性呢？我是不是保护过度？
I can also say that having a sexy body for your husband will only help you loose even more weight, if you know what I mean.
为了你的丈夫拥有一个性感的神才能帮助你减少更多的体重，如果你知道我的意思的话。
Note that this design doesn't mean that all diagnostics for a particular machine must be collected in a serial, synchronous fashion.
请注意，这种设计并不表示一台特定计算机中的所有诊断信息必须以串行、同步的方式来收集。
Stopping: does that mean that this is all inhibition is designed to suggest to us.
停止：这难道意味著，所有的压抑被设计，就是要跟我们建议这个？
That of course does not guarantee a first page position for popular search terms, but it does mean your content is in Google.
当然，这还无法保证在搜索列表上位置靠前，但确实意味着你的东西已融入谷歌。
Wilson continued: "Aaron will know that this move does not mean a rubber-stamped place in the first team. "
威尔逊继续说：“阿龙将知道这次转会并不意味着一个一线队的主力位置。”
You mean he holds out on you?
你是说他瞒你了？
The better command you have of words, the better chance you have of saying exactly what you mean.
你驾驭文字的能力越强，你就越能准确地表达你自己的想法。
Thus when we speak of "the velocity of an automobile, " we usually mean its velocity relative to the earth.
因此，当我们谈到“某汽车的速度”时，通常是相对于地面的速度。
I know you only mean me a Kindness, dear1365, but it is a most deadly mistake.
亲爱的第一千三百六十五号，我知道你对我完全是一番美意，但这件事是一个非常严重的错误。
Stop pussyfooting around and say what you mean.
别那么缩手缩脚的，说说你到底是什么意思。
To be well dressed needn't mean luxuriously dressed.
穿得好不一定衣着豪华。
They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适的迷恋中。
I see [can follow] perfectly what you mean.
我完全理会你的意思。
Though they didn't mean it by a long chalk, the railroad people did me a good turn when they gave me my time.
尽管铁路当局的本意压根不是这么回事，可是他们停了我的生意，实在帮了我一个大忙。
Do you mean that it's none of my business?
你以为它跟我毫无关系吗？
