核心詞義
v. 意思是；意指
adj. 吝嗇的
速記技巧
詞源記憶法
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)maenan，意思是，打算，繼而來(lái)自*men，思考，思想，詞源同mind,mania.
采編自網(wǎng)絡(luò)
vt.想要（等于“want”） ，意思是
adj.低劣的，吝嗇的
I didn`t mean to be rude to you.我沒(méi)想過(guò)對(duì)你無(wú)禮=I didn`t want to be rude to you
I mean it！我是認(rèn)真的！
You are pretty mean!你真小氣！（這個(gè)意思完型填空常考）
變形：過(guò)去式meant 過(guò)去分詞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.理應(yīng)做某事
You are meant to do it!你理應(yīng)做那件事！
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知識(shí)擴(kuò)展
常用短語(yǔ)
in the mean當(dāng)其時(shí)；同時(shí)；在此期間
mean time n.平均時(shí)間（平均太陽(yáng)時(shí)）
mean square均方；均方差；均方值
in the mean time同時(shí)
詞組搭配
I mean
used to clarify or correct a statement or to introduce a justification or explanation我想，我說(shuō)，我的意思是（用于澄清或糾正，或用于提出理由、解釋?zhuān)㊣ mean,it's not as if I owned property.我想說(shuō)，我真的沒(méi)有財(cái)產(chǎn)。mean business
be in earnest認(rèn)真，熱心mean to say[usu.in questions]really admit or intend to say意思是說(shuō)；想說(shuō)do you mean to say you've uncovered something new?.你是不是想說(shuō)你有新的發(fā)現(xiàn)？。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(qū)；治安混亂的城區(qū)the mean streets of the South Bronx.南布朗克斯的貧民街區(qū)。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(yǔ)】To be in earnest.急切，迫切by all means
Without fail；certainly.當(dāng)然；當(dāng)然可以by any means
In any way possible；in any case用盡各種可能的辦法；無(wú)論如何not by any means an easy opponent.無(wú)論如何也不是一個(gè)容易的對(duì)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(méi)有；絕不This remark by no means should be taken lightly.這次講話絕不能等閑視之展開(kāi)全部
詞語(yǔ)辨析
以下這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞均有"想要，打算"的意思
intend：較正式用詞，但常用，指對(duì)未來(lái)的行動(dòng)做出打算，并力爭(zhēng)實(shí)現(xiàn)。
mean：口語(yǔ)多用，指懷有作某事的想法或希望得到某物，特別用于效果不好而動(dòng)機(jī)良好的場(chǎng)合。
精選例句
高考 四級(jí) 六級(jí) 考研
1、 A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train.
在我第一次參加馬拉松的一個(gè)月前，我的一個(gè)腳踝受傷了，這意味著我要兩周不能跑步，只剩下兩周的訓(xùn)練時(shí)間。
來(lái)源:2024年高考英語(yǔ)北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
2、 Also I'm not going to ask you what words mean.
我也不會(huì)問(wèn)你單詞是什么意思。
來(lái)源:2015年高考英語(yǔ)浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
1、 9For organizations that have struggled to keep the lights on due to the pandemic,this might mean thinking of non-financial ways to reward employees,like unpaid time off or flexible work schedules.
對(duì)于那些因疫情而難以維持供電的企業(yè)來(lái)說(shuō)，這可能意味著考慮非經(jīng)濟(jì)方式來(lái)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)員工，比如無(wú)薪休假或靈活的工作時(shí)間安排。
來(lái)源:2022年9月四級(jí)第1套[閱讀選擇題]
1、 If children who play the piano are smarter, he says, it doesn’t necessarily mean they are smarter because they play the piano.
他說(shuō)，如果彈鋼琴的孩子更聰明，那并不一定意味著他們因?yàn)閺椾撉俣斆鳌?
來(lái)源:2024年12月六級(jí)第2套題句子搭配題
1、 Changes in the light, the limitations of your painting materials, and the lack of experience and technique mean that what you start out trying to achieve may not come to life the way that you expected.
光線的變化，繪畫(huà)材料的限制，以及經(jīng)驗(yàn)和技術(shù)的缺乏意味著你開(kāi)始嘗試實(shí)現(xiàn)的東西可能不會(huì)以你期望的方式實(shí)現(xiàn)。
來(lái)源:2022年全國(guó)碩士研究生招生考試英語(yǔ)（二）試題翻譯題