v. 表示…的意思;意思是;打算;产生…结果
adj. 吝啬的;刻薄的;破旧的;残忍的
n. 平均数;中间;几何平均;等比中数
mean在英语中有动词、形容词、名词的用法,名词和形容词的用法相对来说比较简单,本文易学啦主要讲解mean的动词用法。
一是表示“意思是,有……的意思”。例如:
What does this word mean? 这个字是什么意思?
This is what is meant by “failure is the mother of success”. “失败是成功之母”就是这个意思。
You mean it can be cured? 你的意思是能治好?
二是表示“指”,例如:
Whom do you mean by “they”? 你说“他们”,指的是谁?
I mean the red one, not the green one. 我说的是那个红的,不是那个绿的。
三是表示“意味着”,后面可以接名词、动名词、从句。例如:
Silence means consent. 沉默就是同意。
To persevere means victory!坚持就是胜利。
To take it apart now would mean wasting a lot of labour. (接动名词)现在把它拆卸开,就意味着浪费大量的劳动力。
Revolution means liberating the productive forces. 革命意味着解放生产力。
This mean we have to wait another week or so.(接从句)这就意味着我们还得等一个星期左右。
注意下列情况:作为“意味着”含义,可以跟复合结构。 例如:
This also meant many smaller ditches to be dug and more fields to be leveled. 这意味着要挖许多小水渠和平整更多土地。
四是表示“打算;有……意图”,后面接名词、代词、不跟宾语、动词不定式,不定式的复合结构。例如:
Anybody could see that he meant no harm. 谁都看得出他没有恶意。
They probably meant well. 他们或许用心是好的。
What do you mean to do with it? 你打算把它怎样处理?
I don’t mean to say we are perfect. 我不是说我们已经十全十美了。
We had meant to leave on Monday, but have stayed on. (与完成时连用,表“本打算”)我们本来是想早来的。
He has always meant to get it repaired. 他一直是想请人修一修的。
I thought you meant me to come with you.(接不定式的复合结构)我还意为你打算让我跟你一道去呢。
1. "What do you mean?" I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.
“你什么意思啊?”我问,替利迪感到愤愤不平。
2. This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells.
这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。
3. Take a hundred and twenty values and calculate the mean.
取120个值计算平均数。
4. But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying.
但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。
5. Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style.
买价钱经济的家具并不意味着就要牺牲质量和样式。
6. I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.
我本无意冒犯,那不过是句脱口而出的冒失话。