mean
- v.意思是;打算;本意是;意欲;表示…的意思;产生…结果;有…的目的;想要某人成为;对某人重要（或有价值）
- adj.平均的;刻薄;吝啬的;熟练的;小气的;平庸的;不善良;要发狂的;低劣而肮脏的;出身卑贱的;要发怒的
- n.平均值;中间;平均数;中庸;折中;算术中项
复数： means 最高级： meanest 比较级： meaner 派生词： meanly adj.;meanness n. 过去式： meant 现在分词： meaning 过去分词： meant 第三人称单数： means
meanverb
有含意 have as meaning
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 ‘David Berwick’ mean anything to you (= do you know who he is) ?
你知道戴维∙贝里克是谁吗？
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
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。”“你说什么？”
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，你以为我会不在意吗？
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义。
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——不可思议。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，但我仍然认为它值得一试。
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
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 be upset─I'm sure she meant it as a compliment.
别烦恼——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。
Don't laugh! I mean it (= I am serious) .
别笑！我是认真的。
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。
He means trouble (= to cause trouble) .
他存心捣乱。
The chair was clearly meant for a child.
这椅子显然是专为儿童预备的。
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 didn't mean you to read the letter.
我没打算让你看那封信。
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，但还是没抽出时间打。
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
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。
Philip and Kim were meant for each other (= are very suitable as partners) .
菲利普和金真是天生的一对。
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
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过得快乐。
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
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。
to be generally considered to be sth
都说这家饭店很棒。
This restaurant is meant to be excellent.
used to explain or correct what you have just said
真是无聊——我是说，一个小时都过去了，什么事儿都没发生。
It was so boring─I mean, nothing happened for the first hour!
She's English─Scottish, I mean.
她是英国人——更确切地说，她是苏格兰人。
to be serious in your intentions
他看上去像是个说话算数的人。
He has the look of a man who means business.
to not have any intention of hurting sb
used to emphasize what you are saying or to ask sb if they really mean what they say
我的意思是说，你本应料到他会作何反应！
I mean to say, you should have known how he would react!
Do you mean to say you've lost it?
你是说你把那东西给弄丢了？
to have good intentions, although their effect may not be good
adj.
吝啬 not generous
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。
卑鄙 unkind
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
要发怒的；要发狂的
likely to become angry or violent
That's a mean-looking dog.
那狗看上去很凶啊。
熟练 skilful
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
平均的；介于中间的
average; between the highest and the lowest, etc.
the mean temperature
平均气温
智力 intelligence
平庸的；一般的
not very great
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。
低劣 poor
低劣而肮脏的
poor and dirty in appearance
mean houses/streets
脏乱的房屋 / 街道
出身卑贱的；社会地位低下的
born into or coming from a low social class
used to say that sb is very good at doing sth
他的母亲是画家，他本人也是很出色的艺术家。
His mother was a painter, and he's no mean artist himself.
noun
中间 middle way
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
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
a course of action that is not extreme
mean
VERB USES 动词用法
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VERB 意思是;表示…的意思;作…解释
If you want to know what a word, code, signal, or gesture means, you want to know what it refers to or what its message is.In modern Welsh, 'glas' means 'blue'...
在现代威尔士语中，glas 意为“蓝色”。
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VERB 意指;表示;意思是说
If you ask someone what they mean, you are asking them to explain exactly what or who they are referring to or what they are intending to say.Do you mean me?...
你指的是我吗？
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VERB (某事)对(某人)很重要，要紧,意义重大
If something means something to you, it is important to you in some way.The idea that she witnessed this shameful incident meant nothing to him...
虽然她目睹了这可耻的一幕，但是这对他来说无关紧要。
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VERB 表明…存在;表示…属实
If one thing means another, it shows that the second thing exists or is true.An enlarged prostate does not necessarily mean cancer...
前列腺肿大不一定就是癌症。
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VERB 导致;产生…的结果
If one thing means another, the first thing leads to the second thing happening.It would almost certainly mean the end of NATO...
这几乎肯定会导致北大西洋公约组织的终结。
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VERB 涉及；包含
If doing one thing means doing another, it involves doing the second thing.Children universally prefer to live in peace and security, even if that means living with only one parent...
孩子们普遍愿意过平静安宁的生活，即便这意味着只能与单亲生活在一起。
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VERB 对…当真;对…严肃认真
If you say that you mean what you are saying, you are telling someone that you are serious about it and are not joking, exaggerating, or just being polite.He says you're fired if you're not back at work on Friday. And I think he meant it...
他说，如果你星期五还不回去上班的话就解雇你。我想他是当真的。
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VERB 有意;故意
If you say that someone meant to do something, you are saying that they did it deliberately.I didn't mean to hurt you...
我无意伤害你。
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VERB 本意并非;并未打算
If you say that someone did not mean any harm, offence, or disrespect, you are saying that they did not intend to upset or offend people or to cause problems, even though they may in fact have done so.I'm sure he didn't mean any harm...
我相信他并无恶意。
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VERB 计划;打算;准备
If you mean to do something, you intend or plan to do it.Summer is the perfect time to catch up on the new books you meant to read...
夏天是把想读却没读的新书恶补一下的最佳时机。
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VERB 注定（或肯定）要…
If you say that something was meant to happen, you believe that it was made to happen by God or fate, and did not just happen by chance.John was constantly reassuring me that we were meant to be together.
约翰不断安慰我说，我们注定要在一起。
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PHRASE 我的意思是，也就是说（用于使表述更加清楚）
You say 'I mean' when making clearer something that you have just said.It was his idea. Gordon's, I mean...
这是他的主意，我是指戈登。
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PHRASE (用于引出主张，尤指证明自己刚才所说的话)
You can use 'I mean' to introduce a statement, especially one that justifies something that you have just said.I'm sure he wouldn't mind. I mean, I was the one who asked him...
我肯定他不会在意的，因为是我问他的。
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PHRASE 我的意思是(用于纠正之前所说的话)
You say I mean when correcting something that you have just said.It was law or classics—I mean English or classics.
是法律或者古典文学——我的意思是英语或古典文学。
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PHRASE 理解…的滋味;了解…的影响
If you know what it means to do something, you know everything that is involved in a particular activity or experience, especially the effect that it has on you.I know what it means to lose a child under such tragic circumstances.
我明白在这种悲惨的情况下失去孩子的滋味。
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PHRASE 听说过;了解
If a name, word, or phrase means something to you, you have heard it before and you know what it refers to.'Oh, Gairdner,' he said, as if that meant something to him...
“哦，盖尔德纳，”他说道，好像他听说过这个名字。
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PHRASE 出于好意;怀有善意
If you say that someone means well, you mean they are trying to be kind and helpful, even though they might be causing someone problems or upsetting them.I know you mean well, but I can manage by myself.
我明白您的好意，不过我自己能行。
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PHRASE (疑问句中用于询问对方自己的理解是否正确)你是说
You use 'you mean' in a question to check that you have understood what someone has said.What accident? You mean Christina's?...
哪次事故？你是说克里斯蒂娜的那次？
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See also:meaning;means;meant. to mean business
ADJECTIVE USES 形容词用法
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ADJ-GRADED 吝啬的;小气的
If you describe someone as mean, you are being critical of them because they are unwilling to spend much money or to use very much of a particular thing.Don't be mean with fabric, otherwise curtains will end up looking skimpy.
别这么吝啬布料，不然做出来的窗帘会显得特寒酸。
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This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.
这种对待金钱的过分谨慎的态度有时几近于吝啬。
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ADJ-GRADED （数目）微薄的，少得可怜的
If you describe an amount as mean, you are saying that it is very small....the meanest grant possible from the local council.
从地方委员会可能获得的微乎其微的拨款
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ADJ-GRADED 不友好的;刻薄的
If someone is being mean, they are being unkind to another person, for example by not allowing them to do something.The little girls had locked themselves in upstairs because Mack had been mean to them...
小姑娘们把自己锁在楼上，因为麦克对她们很刻薄。
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He had been behaving very meanly to his girlfriend.
他对女朋友一直非常刻薄。
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ADJ-GRADED （指人或动物）脾气极坏的，残忍的
If you describe a person or animal as mean, you are saying that they are very bad-tempered and cruel....the meanest fighter in the world.
世界上最残忍的斗士
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ADJ-GRADED （地方）简陋的，破旧的
If you describe a place as mean, you think that it looks poor and dirty.He was raised on the mean streets of the central market district of Panama City.
他从小在巴拿马城中心闹市区的穷街陋巷里长大。
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ADJ 在行的;熟练的;拿手的
You can use mean in expressions such as 'He plays a mean trumpet' and 'She mixes a mean cocktail' to indicate that someone does something extremely well.He cooks a mean salmon...
他烧鲑鱼的水平一流。
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PHRASE 高水平的;上乘的;优秀的
You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean writer' and 'no mean golfer' to indicate that someone does something well.She was no mean performer on a variety of other instruments...
许多别的乐器她也演奏得相当出色。
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PHRASE 了不起的;令人自豪的
You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean achievement' and 'no mean task' to indicate that someone has done something they deserve to be proud of.To destroy 121 enemy aircraft is no mean record...
歼灭121架敌机是一个了不起的纪录。
NOUN USE 名词用法
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N-SING 平均数;平均值
The mean is a number that is the average of a set of numbers.Take a hundred and twenty values and calculate the mean.
取120个值计算平均数。
noun
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- an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
- Synonym: mean value
verb
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- have in mind as a purpose
- I mean no harm
- I only meant to help you
- She didn't think to harm me
- We thought to return early that night
- Synonym: intend think
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- destine or designate for a certain purpose
- These flowers were meant for you
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- intend to refer to
- I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France
- Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
- Synonym: think of have in mind
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- denote or connote
- `maison' means `house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
- Synonym: intend signify stand for
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- mean or intend to express or convey
- You never understand what I mean!
- what do his words intend?
- Synonym: intend
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- have as a logical consequence
- The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
- Synonym: entail imply
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- have a specified degree of importance
- My ex-husband means nothing to me
- Happiness means everything
adj
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- of no value or worth
- I was caught in the bastardly traffic
- Synonym: bastardly
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- (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- Synonym: beggarly
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- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- a mean person
- he left a miserly tip
- Synonym: mingy miserly tight
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- characterized by malice
- a hateful thing to do
- in a mean mood
- Synonym: hateful
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- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burk
- taking a mean advantage
- chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespear
- something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
- Synonym: base meanspirited
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- marked by poverty befitting a beggar
- a beggarly existence in the slums
- a mean hut
- Synonym: beggarly
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- excellent
- famous for a mean backhand
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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！
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I mean , how could they possibly eat that stuff ?
我的意思是，他们怎么可能吃那东西呢？
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That was by no means the end of the matter .
事情决不可能到此为止。
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We haven 't won yet , not by any means .
我们离成功还远着呢。
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Can you give me an example of what you mean ?
你能给我举个实例来解释你的意思吗？
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Do you have any idea what it means to be poor ?
你知不知道贫穷意味着什么？
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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。
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Her children mean the world to her .
她的孩子就是她的一切。
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The traditional view was that marriage was meant to last .
传统的观念是结成夫妻就要白头到老。
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Her promotion means she 's $ 100 a week better off .
她的晋升意味着她每星期多挣100元。
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Having a child gave new meaning to their lives .
有了一个孩子使得他们的生活有了新的方向。
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This measure inevitably means higher taxes in the long run .
从长远来看这项举措的结果就是要多纳税。
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The new rules could mean the end of football as we know it .
这些新规则可能意味着我们熟悉的足球终结了。
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He may look fierce , but he means no harm .
他可能看上去很凶，但并无恶意。
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Don 't mind her ─ she didn 't mean what she said .
别理她——她只是随便说说。
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This is the sole means of access to the building .
这是这栋建筑物唯一的入口。
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He didn 't really get his meaning over to the audience .
他未能完全把他的意思向听众讲清楚。
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What does this mean in terms of cost ?
这在成本上意味着什么？
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You mean we have to start all over again ?
你是不是说我们必须从头再来一遍？
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Do you mean to say you 've lost it ?
你是说你把那东西给弄丢了？
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Television is an effective means of communication .
电视是一种有效的通信手段。
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The merger is by no means a done deal yet .
合并之事远未成定局。
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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义。
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Much later on , she realized what he had meant .
过了好长时间，她才明白他的意思。
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I don 't quite get your meaning .
我不太明白你要说的意思。
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She 's always been mean with money .
她在花钱方面总是非常吝啬。
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He 's very well meaning .
他用心良苦。
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His speech was full of fine words which meant nothing .
他的演讲华而不实。
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You wouldn 't know what it means ─ it 's a girl thing .
你不会知道那是什么意思，那是女孩子家的事。
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Your friendship means a great deal to me .
你的友谊对我来说是很珍贵的。
普通用词，用于指出事物的具体含义。
What does 'rock' mean? rock
是什么意思？
The green light means 'Go'.
绿灯表示“行”。
This arrow means that you should go straight ahead.
这个箭头表示你应该一直往前走。
常表示某个词的字面含义或某个符号、迹象的意义。
What does the word 'measure' denote that 'method' does not?
measure一词表示的含义中哪些是method所不包含的？
The colour red is usually used to denote passion or danger.
红色通常用于表示激情或危险。
What do the circles denote on the map?
地图上的圆圈代表什么？
主要指通过语言、表情、动作等表达想法、感情等。
Why did he refuse to express his opinions?
为什么他拒绝表达自己的观点？
She expressed an interest in visiting the museum.
她表示有兴趣参观博物馆。
Her mother's eyes expressed deep sadness.
她母亲的眼中流露出深切的悲伤。
Words cannot express how excited we are.
言语无法形容我们有多么激动。
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