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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