| 词汇 | MEANING |
| 释义 | MEANING form and substance meaningful content; structure and meaningful content. (Fixed order.)The first act of the play was one screaming match after another. It lacked form and substance throughout.Jane's report was good. The teacher commented on the excellent form and substance of the paper. make sense out of someone or something to understand or interpret someone or something. (Also with some, as in the second example.)I can hardly make sense out of John.I'm trying to make some sense out of what John is saying. make something of something to interpret something negatively. (Informal.)So, I'm wrong! You want to make something of it?The hostess made too much out of my absence. mean something (to someone) to make sense to someone.Does this line mean anything to you?Yes, it means something. mince (one's) words to lessen the force of one's statement by choosing weak or polite words; to be euphemistic. (Formal.)I won't mince words. You did a rotten job.I'm not one to mince words, so I have to say that you behaved very badly. say something in a roundabout way to imply something without saying it; to say something indirectly; to speak using circumlocution.Why don't you say what you mean? Why do you always say something in a roundabout way?What did she mean? Why did she say it in a roundabout way? weigh someone's words to consider carefully what someone says.I listened to what he said, and I weighed his words very carefully.Everyone was weighing his words. None of us knew exactly what he meant. What are you driving at? What are you implying?; What do you mean? (Informal.)What are you driving at? What are you trying to say?Why are you asking me all these questions? What are you driving at? words to that effect other words that have about the same meaning.She told me I ought to read more carefully—or words to that effect.I was instructed to go to the devil, or words to that effect. MEANING - LACKING mean nothing (to someone) not to make sense to someone.This sentence means nothing to me. It isn't clearly written.I'm sorry. This message means nothing. not hold water to make no sense; to be illogical. (Informal. Said of ideas, arguments, etc., not people.)Your argument doesn't hold water.This scheme won't work because it can't hold water. |
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