mean
- adj. 平均的；卑鄙的；低劣的
- vt. 意味；想要；意欲
- n. 平均值
- vi. 用意
- n. (Mean)人名；(柬)棉
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