记忆方法
adj.低劣的,吝啬的
I didn`t mean to be rude to you.我没想过对你无礼=I didn`t want to be rude to you
I mean it!我是认真的!
You are pretty mean!你真小气!(这个意思完型填空常考)
变形:过去式meant 过去分词meant
固定搭配:
①mean to do sth.=want to do sth.想要做某事
I mean to clean the class room.
②be meant to do sth.理应做某事
You are meant to do it!你理应做那件事!
双解例句
小知识
If you got a fortune cookie with the message “Your future will contain many bananas,” you might ask, “What on earth does that mean?” In other words, you wonder what the intention or meaning of the fortune might be.
Mean is one of those ordinary, everyday words with lots of different meanings. The adjective mean can describe someone who's stingy or ungenerous, but it also means “unkind or unfair,” which is what a little kid intends to convey when she yells at her mother, “You're mean!” In the sentence, “She lived in a mean little house,” mean has yet another meaning, this time being “shabby or poor.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
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
used to clarify or correct a statement or to introduce a justification or explanation我想,我说,我的意思是(用于澄清或纠正,或用于提出理由、解释)I mean,it's not as if I owned property.我想说,我真的没有财产。mean business
be in earnest认真,热心mean to say[usu.in questions]really admit or intend to say意思是说;想说do you mean to say you've uncovered something new?.你是不是想说你有新的发现?。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贫民街区;治安混乱的城区the mean streets of the South Bronx.南布朗克斯的贫民街区。no mean—denoting something very good of its kind很好的,很棒的it was no mean feat.这是一大成就。mean business【非正式用语】To be in earnest.急切,迫切by all means
Without fail;certainly.当然;当然可以by any means
In any way possible;in any case用尽各种可能的办法;无论如何not by any means an easy opponent.无论如何也不是一个容易的对手by means of
With the use of;owing to使用;由于They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice.他们靠耐心和牺牲而取得了成功by no means
In no sense;certainly not并没有;绝不This remark by no means should be taken lightly.这次讲话绝不能等闲视之展开全部
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。
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。
词根词缀
词根: mean
=middle,halft 表示”中间”
adv.
meantime 其间mean中间+time时间→n.其间, 其时 adv.其间
meanwhile 其间mean中间+while时间→n.其间, 其时 adv.其间
n.
mean 平均数, 中间, 中庸mean中间→n.平均数, 中间, 中庸
meantime 其间, 其时mean中间+time时间→n.其间, 其时 adv.其间
meanwhile 其间, 其时mean中间+while时间→n.其间, 其时 adv.其间
同义词辨析
这两个动词均有”想要,打算”之意。
这些形容词均有”卑鄙的,卑贱的,卑下的”之意。
同义词
同根词
词根:mean
adj.meaning意味深长的
meaningful有意义的;意味深长的
meaningless无意义的;无目的的
adv.meaningfully有意义地;意味深长地;有意图地
meanly卑贱地;吝啬地;简陋地
n.meaning意义;含义;意图
meanness卑鄙;吝啬;劣等
meaningfulness有意义,富有意义
meaninglessness无意义;无道理
meany小气鬼;刻薄鬼;卑鄙家伙
v.meaning意味;意思是(mean的ing形式)