核心詞義
v. 意思是;意指
adj. 吝嗇的
速記技巧
詞源記憶法
來自古英語maenan,意思是,打算,繼而來自*men,思考,思想,詞源同mind,mania.
采編自網絡
vt.想要(等于“want”) ,意思是
adj.低劣的,吝嗇的
I didn`t mean to be rude to you.我沒想過對你無禮=I didn`t want to be rude to you
I mean it!我是認真的!
You are pretty mean!你真小氣!(這個意思完型填空常考)
變形:過去式meant 過去分詞meant
固定搭配:
①mean to do sth.=want to do sth.想要做某事
I mean to clean the class room.
②be meant to do sth.理應做某事
You are meant to do it!你理應做那件事!
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知識擴展
常用短語
in the mean當其時;同時;在此期間
mean time n.平均時間(平均太陽時)
mean square均方;均方差;均方值
in the mean time同時
詞組搭配
I mean
used to clarify or correct a statement or to introduce a justification or explanation我想,我說,我的意思是(用于澄清或糾正,或用于提出理由、解釋)I mean,it's not as if I owned property.我想說,我真的沒有財產。mean business
be in earnest認真,熱心mean to say[usu.in questions]really admit or intend to say意思是說;想說do you mean to say you've uncovered something new?.你是不是想說你有新的發現?。mean well
have good intentions,but not always the ability to carry them out用意是好的,初衷是好的mean streets
used in reference to a socially deprived area of a city,or one which is noted for violence and crime貧民街區;治安混亂的城區the mean streets of the South Bronx.南布朗克斯的貧民街區。no mean—denoting something very good of its kind很好的,很棒的it was no mean feat.這是一大成就。mean business【非正式用語】To be in earnest.急切,迫切by all means
Without fail;certainly.當然;當然可以by any means
In any way possible;in any case用盡各種可能的辦法;無論如何not by any means an easy opponent.無論如何也不是一個容易的對手by means of
With the use of;owing to使用;由于They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice.他們靠耐心和犧牲而取得了成功by no means
In no sense;certainly not并沒有;絕不This remark by no means should be taken lightly.這次講話絕不能等閑視之展開全部
詞語辨析
以下這兩個動詞均有"想要,打算"的意思
intend:較正式用詞,但常用,指對未來的行動做出打算,并力爭實現。
mean:口語多用,指懷有作某事的想法或希望得到某物,特別用于效果不好而動機良好的場合。
精選例句
高考 四級 六級 考研
1、 A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train.
在我第一次參加馬拉松的一個月前,我的一個腳踝受傷了,這意味著我要兩周不能跑步,只剩下兩周的訓練時間。
來源:2024年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
2、 Also I'm not going to ask you what words mean.
我也不會問你單詞是什么意思。
來源:2015年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
1、 9For organizations that have struggled to keep the lights on due to the pandemic,this might mean thinking of non-financial ways to reward employees,like unpaid time off or flexible work schedules.
對于那些因疫情而難以維持供電的企業來說,這可能意味著考慮非經濟方式來獎勵員工,比如無薪休假或靈活的工作時間安排。
來源:2022年9月四級第1套[閱讀選擇題]
1、 If children who play the piano are smarter, he says, it doesn’t necessarily mean they are smarter because they play the piano.
他說,如果彈鋼琴的孩子更聰明,那并不一定意味著他們因為彈鋼琴而更聰明。
來源:2024年12月六級第2套題句子搭配題
1、 Changes in the light, the limitations of your painting materials, and the lack of experience and technique mean that what you start out trying to achieve may not come to life the way that you expected.
光線的變化,繪畫材料的限制,以及經驗和技術的缺乏意味著你開始嘗試實現的東西可能不會以你期望的方式實現。
來源:2022年全國碩士研究生招生考試英語(二)試題翻譯題