| 词汇 | mean |
| 释义 | mean /min/ mean 1 (过去式: meant; 过去完成式: meant; 现在进行式: meaning) v.t. Signify. 表...之意。 What does this sign mean? 这个符号代表什么意思？ To design; purpose. 意图；存心。 He meant it as a jest. 他故意说着玩。 To designate. 指明。 She means me. 她指的是我。 To have importance to the degree of. 具有重要意义；有重要性。 Health means everything. 健康就是一切。 v.i. To be disposed. 存心。 to mean well or ill 怀好意或恶意。 phrases mean business 认真；慎重其事。 mean mischief 有恶意；表示不吉利。 And I don't mean maybe! 【美】【口】我可不打马虎眼！(用以警告)。 be meant to 有...意思(企图)；预定作...打算；针对...。 I mean 我是说...(用于补充前言时)。 mean 2 (比较级: meaner; 最高级: meanest) adj. Lacking in distinction; humble; plebeian. 卑下的；卑微的；寻常的。 Lacking in intelligence; ordinary. 不聪颖的(外貌、才智)平庸的。 Lacking in dignity; ignoble; insignificant. 不高尚的；(出生)卑贱的；不重要的。 a man of mean parentage 出身寒微的人。 Lacking in generosity; stingy; sordid. 吝啬的；小气的；刻薄的。 Lacking in honor; base. (行为)不光荣的；卑鄙的。 a mean motive 卑劣的动机。 He is a mean man. 他是个卑鄙的人。 Disagreeable; disobliging. 麻烦的；脾气坏的；难伺候的。 With great skill. 【俚】优秀的；出色的。 He plays a mean piano. 他弹得一首好钢琴。 In poor health. 【口】身体不健康的。 phrases feel mean 【口】身体不适；自惭形秽。 have a mean opinion of 轻视；瞧不起。 no mean 很好的；相当的。 derivatives adv. meanly. n. meanness. synonyms abject, vile, degraded, pitiful. mean 3 adj. In an intermediate position; between two extremes. 中间的；居中的。 Average, medium as to quality, degree, or bulk. 平均的；中等的；平均数的。 n. A condition, quality, course of action, or the like, which is near the middle point between two extremes. 中点。 Hence, absence of excess; moderation. 适中；中庸。 A quantity intermediate between the extremes of a set of quantities. 【数】中间值。 One of the two middle terms in a proportion. 【数】中项。 An average; a sum computed by dividing the sum of a number of quantities by their number, known as the arithmetic mean. 【数】平均值。 Instrumentality; agency. (用作单数)工具；方法；手段。 a means to an end 达成目的的一种手段。 By this means you will succeed. 按照这种方法，你会成功。 Wealth; property. 财富；财产。 He lives beyond his means. 他过着入不敷出的生活。 phrases a man of means 富有的人。 by all means (a)当然；一定。(b)用尽所有可能的办法；不论如何。 by fair means or foul 不择手段。 by means of 藉着；经由。 by no means (a)绝不。(b)一点也不。 live beyond [with] one's means 入不敷出(量入为出)。 ways and means (a)手段；方法。(b)财政。 idoms mean price 【商】(经济)(股票交易时的)中值。 mean proportional 【数】平均中项。 mean solar day [time] 【天】平均太阳日[时]。 mean sun 平均太阳(假想太阳绕者天体的日夜界线运转，而所花时间恰和真的太阳在黄道中所运转的时间一样)。 mean value 平均值。 golden [happy] mean 中庸。 cf. Mean describes a condition intermediate between two opposite extremes, as in size or quality. Mean 表示两极端的折衷： the mean height or quality 平均高度或平均质。 Average refers to a usual, prevalent standard, and hence describes the general quality of something. Average 指平常的通行标准而言，又指事物的一般状态： average attendance 平均到场人数。 synonyms Average. |
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