mean
[mi:n]
vt.
(meant [ment])
表示...意思, 作...解释
意指; 意味着
意欲, 打算
预定, 指定, 计划
有价值, 有重要性
引起, 造成
What do you mean by saying that?
你那样说是什么意思?
What does that word mean? (=What is meant by that word?)
那个词作什么解释?
I mean this one, not that one.
我指的是这个, 不是那个.
Money means nothing to her.
她视金钱如粪土.
Health means everything.
健康就是一切.
I mean business.
我是当真的.
He means you no harm.
他无意伤害你.
He did not mean to go.
他没打算去.
He means this house for his daughter.
他预定把这栋房子给女儿.
This was meant for a joke.
这是笑话.
He was meant for [to be] a doctor.
本来是准备把他培养成为医生的.
Yourfriendshipmeans agreat deal to me.
你的友谊对我很重要.
Friction means heat.
摩擦生热.
习惯用语
be meant to do 照道理[照规矩]应该
Do you mean to say ...? 你的意思是说...吗? 难道...吗?
What do you mean by ...? 你这是什么意思? (=What on earth do you mean by ...?) 你怎么胆敢...? 你怎么竟然...?
You don't mean to say so! 你不是这个意思吧! 真的吗?
mean ill (to sb. [by sb.]) (对某人)存心不良, (对某人)怀着恶意
mean much [a great deal] to sb. 对某人很重要; 对某人很可贵
mean sb. for 准备让某人干某工作
mean well by [towards, to] sb. 对某人怀好意
mean what one says 说的真心话, 是认真说的
mean well [kindly] (to sb. [towards sb., by sb.]) (对某人)出于好意; (对某人)抱着帮忙的态度
meaning
['mi:niŋ]
n.
意义, 含义
企图, 目的
【逻】内涵; 外延
重要性; 价值
有效的内容; 效力
full of meaning
意味深长的
with meaning
有意思的
He says his life has lost its meaning (for him) since his wife died.
他说妻子死后他的生命就失去了价值.
参考词汇
meaning sense purport
都含“意义”、“意思”的意思.
meaning系常用词, 指“用语言文字、姿态、行动、图画等所表达的意义或含义”, 如:
the meaning of a sentence
句子的意思.
sense 指“一个词所表达的意思”, 尤指“一个词的特殊意义”, 如:
The word has several senses.
这个词有许多意思.
purport 系正式用语, 指“文件、演讲等长篇文章的主题或大意”, 如:
What's the purport of her letter?
她的信的大意是什么?
meaningful
['mi:niŋful]
adj.
意味深长的, 很有意义的, 有意图的, 有目的的
meaningful training
针对性训练
a meaningful experience
有意义的经验
meaningful advice
语重心长的忠告
a meaningful decision
一个富有意义的决定
In America,the following birthdays are especially meaningful:
在美国,下列生日具有特别意义：
She threw a meaningful look at him.
她向他投去意味深长的目光.
