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

v.

表示…的意思；意思是；打算；产生…结果

adj.

吝啬的；刻薄的；破旧的；残忍的

n.

平均数；中间；几何平均；等比中数

变形

复数：means过去式：meant过去分词：meant现在分词：meaning第三人称单数：means

双语释义

vt. 表示…的意思 be a sign of

vt. 本意是,原意为 have in mind as a purpose; intend

vt. & vi. 有某种重要性 be of importance to the stated degree

吝啬的,自私的 ungenerous; selfish

卑鄙的,不善良的 unworthy; unkind

中间的,平均的 midway between two extremes; average

[C]中间,中庸 condition, quality, course of action, etc. that is halfway between two extremes

[C]平均数,平均值 midway point, quantity, etc. between two extremes; average

英英释义

mean

n.an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

同义词：mean value

v.

mean or intend to express or convey

"You never understand what I mean!"

同义词：intend

have as a logical consequence

"The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

同义词：entailimply

denote or connote

"`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

同义词：intendsignifystand for

have in mind as a purpose

"I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"

同义词：intendthink

have a specified degree of importance

"My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"

intend to refer to

"Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

同义词：think ofhave in mind

destine or designate for a certain purpose

"These flowers were meant for you"

adj.

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

"the mean annual rainfall"

同义词：average

characterized by malice

"in a mean mood"

同义词：hateful

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

"taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

同义词：basemeanspirited

excellent

"famous for a mean backhand"

marked by poverty befitting a beggar

"a mean hut"

同义词：beggarly

(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

"a mean person"

同义词：mingymiserlytight

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

同义词：beggarly

of no value or worth

同义词：bastardly

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

mean business当真

mean consent意味着同意

mean rain意味着有雨

mean success意味着成功

mean war预示着战争

mean youth意味着年轻

～+副词

mean a great deal表示很多意思

mean little毫无意义

mean much意味深长

mean well怀着好意

mean abominably极坏地打算

mean bitterly极为失望地打算

mean brutally残忍地打算

mean cruelly残忍地打算

mean despicably卑鄙地打算

mean disgracefully使人丢脸地打算

mean greedily贪婪地打算

mean horribly令人恐怖地打算

mean incredibly令人难以置信地打算

mean maliciously恶毒地打算

mean outrageously残暴地打算

mean selfishly自私地打算

mean shamefully可耻地打算

mean stingily小气地打算

mean terribly可怕地打算

mean unbelievably令人难以相信地打算

mean viciously邪恶地打算

～+介词

mean as出于…之意

mean by意思是,意味着

mean for针对

mean to对…有意义

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

mean axis中轴

mean line等分线

mean opinion轻视,看不起

mean term中项

mean value平均值

副词+～

abominably mean自私可恶,平庸讨厌

bitterly mean极端可鄙

brutally mean蛮横可鄙

cruelly mean非常自私

disgracefully mean下贱丢脸

greedily mean贪得下贱

selfishly mean自私自利

shamefully mean卑劣可耻

terribly mean极度低劣

treacherously mean阴险卑鄙

viciously mean邪恶下贱

～+动词不定式

mean to say that这样说太坏了

～+介词

mean about在…上吝啬的

mean of对…羞愧

mean over对…吝啬的

mean to对…不好的

feel mean with a cold因伤风而感不适

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

adopt the golden mean遵循中庸之道

find a mean求平均值

follow the golden mean遵循中庸之道

keep mean(s)守中庸

observe mean(s)守中庸

overstep the mean越过平均线

represent a mean for代表…的平均值

take the mean取得平均值

形容词+～

arithmetic mean等差,算术中项

golden mean中庸

happy mean中庸

harmonic mean调和中项

national mean全国平均数

介词+～

above mean高出平均数

词组短语

in the mean当其时；同时；在此期间

mean time n. 平均时间（平均太阳时）

mean square均方；均方差；均方值

in the mean time同时

mean value平均值，平均数

mean by意思是…

what do you mean你的意思是什么

mean square error均方误差；中误差；均方差

mean temperature[医]平均温度

mean business[口]当真

golden mean 中庸之道；[美]黄金分割（等于golden section）

root mean square n. 均方根

weighted mean加权平均数

mean value theorem中值定理，平均值定律

annual mean年平均；累年平均

mean velocity平均速度

mean diameter平均直径；中径；二次平均直径

mean curvature平均曲率

mean stress平均应力

arithmetic mean算术均数；等差中项

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“卑鄙的，卑贱的，卑下的”的意思，其区别是：

mean暗示狠毒、贪婪、缺乏尊严感等为人们所不耻的卑鄙、自私、渺小的行为。

shabby指行为的不公和卑劣而使人感到不屑和轻蔑。

cheap侧旨人或物的品质低劣下贱。

low指行为卑鄙、可耻、下文明，可引申指庸俗。

mean中间，中数

average平均数，一般水平

这组词都有“表示……的意思”的意思，其区别是：

denote指某一词字面或狭义的意思，或指某些符号或迹象的特指含义。

indicate指明显的表示。

imply侧重用文字或符号表示的联想，暗示。

mean最普通用词。指文字或符号等所表示的各种明确的或含蓄的意义。

suggest通常指暗含地、隐晦地表达意思。

signify指用文字、说话或表情等表示单纯的意思。

represent指体现或代表。

这组词都有“想要，打算”的意思，其区别是：

mean口语多用，指怀有作某事的想法或希望得到某物，特别用于效果不好而动机良好的场合。

intend较正式用词，但常用，指对未来的行动做出打算，并力争实现。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

What does this word mean?
这个单词是什么意思？

I mean that's his own decision to resign or not.
我的意思是说辞不辞职是他自己的决定。

I mean to call on you tomorrow.
我打算明天看望你。

His father meant him to be an engineer.
他父亲打算让他当工程师。

Spending too much now will mean a shortage of cash next year.
现在花钱过头，来年就要缺钱。

Becoming a millionaire didn't mean an end to his money worries.
成为百万富翁并不意味着他不再被钱困扰。

She emphasized that their plan would mean sacrifices and hard work.
她强调说他们的计划意味着牺牲和辛勤工作。

用作形容词(adj.)

Don't be so mean to your little brother!
别对你弟弟那麽刻薄！

That was a mean trick!
那是一个卑劣的诡计!

He played a mean game of chess yesterday.
昨天他下了一盘十分出色的棋。

Her husband is very mean about money.
她的丈夫在金钱上很吝啬。

What is the mean temperature in that locality?
那个地方的平均气温是多少?

用作名词(n.)

It is an estimate of the mean of the population.
这是对人口平均数的一个估计。

It is an estimate of the mean of the population.
这是对人口平均数的一个估计。

We would actually encounter a mean between these extremes.
我们实际上遇到介乎此两个极端的中间物。

权威例句

mean

mean: English has three distinct words mean. The oldest, ‘intend’ [OE], goes back via a prehistoric West Germanic *mainjan to the Indo-European base *men- ‘think’ (source also of English memory, mention, mind, etc). The adjective ‘petty, stingy’ [12] originally meant ‘common, shared by all’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *gamainiz (source also of German gemein ‘common, shared’), which was formed from the collective prefix *ga- and *mainiz.This went back to an Indo-European base *moi-, *mei- ‘change, exchange’, which also lies behind English mad, moult, mutate, mutual, and the second syllable of common. Mean’s semantic history can be traced from ‘common to all’ via ‘inferior’ and ‘low, ignoble’ to ‘petty’. The adjective ‘intermediate, average’ [14] came via Anglo-Norman meen and Old French meien from Latin mediānus (source of English median), a derivative of medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium).It forms the basis of the plural noun means ‘method’ [14], and of the compound adverb meanwhile [15].=> memory, mention, mind; common, mad, moult, mutate, mutual; median, medium

mean (v.1)

"intend, have in mind," Old English mænan "to mean, intend, signify; tell, say; complain, lament," from West Germanic *mainijan (cognates: Old Frisian mena "to signify," Old Saxon menian "to intend, signify, make known," Dutch menen, German meinen "think, suppose, be of the opinion"), from PIE *meino- "opinion, intent" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic meniti "to think, have an opinion," Old Irish mian "wish, desire," Welsh mwyn "enjoyment"), perhaps from root *men- "think" (see mind (n.)). Conversational question you know what I mean? attested by 1834.

mean (adj.1)

"low-quality," c. 1200, "shared by all," from imene, from Old English gemæne "common, public, general, universal, shared by all," from Proto-Germanic *ga-mainiz "possessed jointly" (cognates: Old Frisian mene, Old Saxon gimeni, Middle Low German gemeine, Middle Dutch gemene, Dutch gemeen, German gemein, Gothic gamains "common"), from PIE *ko-moin-i- "held in common," a compound adjective formed from collective prefix *ko- "together" (Proto-Germanic *ga-) + *moi-n-, suffixed form of PIE root *mei- (1) "to change, exchange" (see mutable). Compare second element in common (adj.), a word with a sense evolution parallel to that of this word. Of things, "inferior, second-rate," from late 14c. (a secondary sense in Old English was "false, wicked"). Notion of "so-so, mediocre" led to confusion with mean (n.). Meaning "inferior in rank or status" (of persons) emerged early 14c.; that of "ordinary" from late 14c.; that of "stingy, nasty" first recorded 1660s; weaker sense of "disobliging, pettily offensive" is from 1839, originally American English slang. Inverted sense of "remarkably good" (i.e. plays a mean saxophone) first recorded c. 1900, perhaps from phrase no mean _______ "not inferior" (1590s, also, "not average," reflecting further confusion with mean (n.)).

mean (n.)

"that which is halfway between extremes," early 14c., from Old French meien "middle, means, intermediary," noun use of adjective from Latin medianus "of or that is in the middle" (see mean (adj.2)). Oldest sense is musical; mathematical sense is from c. 1500. Some senes reflect confusion with mean (adj.1). This is the mean in by no means (late 15c.).

mean (v.2)

"calculate an arithmetical mean," 1882, from mean (n.).

mean (adj.2)

"occupying a middle or intermediate place," mid-14c., from Anglo-French meines (plural), Old French meien, variant of moiien "mid-, medium, common, middle-class" (12c., Modern French moyen), from Late Latin medianus "of the middle," from Latin medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)). Meaning "intermediate in time" is from mid-15c. Mathematical sense is from late 14c.

1. You and Mom hit a wall together. She looks at you and asks, “What does this mean?

你和你的母亲这时碰壁了，她看着你问道：“这是什么意思？

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2. We understand metaphors intuitively, but what does that really mean?

我们凭直觉理解隐喻，但直觉真正的意思是什么？

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3. Does a picture of an airplane mean “check flight arrival information” or “make airline reservations?”

试问一架飞机的图片是表示“查问飞机到达信息”，还是“预订机票”呢？

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4. If the expert says, “It’s not very good,” she may mean “It’s not very good for experts.”

如果专家说：“这个产品不好”，可能意指“这个产品对于专家来说不好”。

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5. And if you click Cancel, what does that mean?

如果我们单击撤销按钮，这又意味着什么呢？

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6. It could mean “find a printer,” “change the printer’s settings,” or “report on the status of the printer.”

它可能表示“搜索打印机”、“改变打印机设置”或者“报告打印机的状态”。

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7. If it says Display Toolbar, does that mean tools are now being displayed or does it mean that by selecting the option you can begin displaying them?

比如说“显示工具栏”，它的意思是工具栏现在已经显示，还是通过选择你可以开始显示工具栏？

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8. It is important to understand that we mean a quality of the entry control and not of the data.

我们指的是输入控件的质量，而不是数据本身，理解这一点非常重要。

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9. That doesn’t mean that it disappears from the application; it is still a very necessary operation.

这并不意味着它从程序中消失；相反，它仍然是一个非常必要的操作。

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10. Just because your car is constructed of welded metal parts doesn’t mean that you must be skilled with a welding torch to drive it.

虽然汽车是由金属部件焊接构成，但并不意味着你必须熟练掌握焊接技术才能开车。

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