mean 的14种用法解释

mean 的14种用法解释

vt. 意味；想要；意欲

过去式meant

过去分词meant

现在分词meaning ]

1、mean vt. 表示…的意思；意思是；

If you can bear with me a little longer, you will see what I mean. 如果你能再容忍我一会儿，你就会明白我的意思了。Don't juggle with words any more. I know what you mean. 不要再玩文字游戏了，我知道你是什么意思。

She never meant anything of the sort.她决没有那种意思。What does this word mean?这个词是什么意思?

So what does this all mean? 那么这都意味着什么呢？

I mean, what is this? 我的意思是这是什么？

They do not know what the words mean. 他们不知道这些字的意思是什么。

Yeah I see what you mean. 是的，我明白你的意思。

I mean I like both of the companies. 我的意思是这两家公司我都喜欢。

I mean this one, not that one.我指的是这个, 不是那个。

I mean business.我是当真的。

He means this house for his daughter.他预定把这栋房子给女儿。

2、意味着；即是：

Money means nothing to her.她视金钱如粪土。

Health means everything.健康就是一切。

The dark clouds mean rain.乌云意味着要下雨。

His promotion means a raise in salary.他的提升意味着要增加薪水。

What does all this mean to you? 这一切对你意味着什么？3、意指；意谓：What do / did you mean by...?该句型的意思是“你（做…）……是什么意思?”

Whom did she mean by them? 她说的“他们”是指谁?

What does he mean by cancelling his performance?他取消演出是什么意思?

What do you mean by acting like this? 你这样做是什么意思? 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?

What do you mean by opening my letters without permission? 你未经允许就私拆我的信是什么意思?

What do I mean by this? 我这样说的意思是什么呢？

4、打算；意欲：

I didn't mean you to read the book.我本意不想让你看这本书。We mean you no harm.我们对你没有恶意。

He means you no harm.他无意伤害你。

5、有某种重要性：

Her son means a lot to her.儿子对她来说十分重要。

￡30 means everything to a poor man.30英镑对一个穷人来说是至关重要的。

6、预定；注定：be meant for该短语的意思是“打算给予；打算作……用”。

She was meant for an engineer.原先打算让她当工程师。

What is this meant for? 这准备作什么用?

These rooms are meant for the children's centre. 这些房间是打算用作少年活动中心的。

But what does that mean for your business? 但是，这对于您的企业意味着什么？

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。

Mother didn't mean to be a teacher, but that's the way it turned out.母亲本来不想终生当教师，但结果还是走了这条路。

7、mean doing sth的意思是“意味着(必须要做某事或导致某种结果)”，其主语通常是指事物的词。例如：

In some parts of London, missing a bus means _______ for another hour.

A. waiting

B. to wait

C. wait

D. to be waiting

句意：在伦敦的一些地方，错过一班公共汽车意味着再等一个小时。正确答案为A。

Being a student means studying hard. 作为一个学生,(意味着)你要努力学习。

Success means working hard. 成功意味着工作努力。

8、mean to do sth.的意思是“打算或企图做某事”, 其主语通常是表示人的名词或代词，其过去完成式表示“本来打算做某事”。例如：

What do you mean to do with it? 你打算把它怎样处理?