means
英[mi?nz]
美[minz]
- n. 手段；方法；財產
- v. 意思是；打算（mean的第三人稱單數） [ 復數means ]
中文詞源
means 方式，方法，錢財，財富
來自mean,中間的。后形容詞做名詞，引申詞義調解人，調停人，有影響力的人，最終用于指方式，方法，并引申詞義錢財，財富。
英文詞源
- means (n.)
- "course of action," late 14c., from mean (n.); sense of "wealth" is first recorded c. 1600. Compare French moyens, German Mittel. Phrase by no means attested from late 15c.; means-test is from 1930.
雙語例句
- 1. Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.
- 友情是理解，不是妥協；是原諒，不是遺忘。即使不聯系，感情依然在。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. A special locking system means the door cannot be opened accidentally.
- 特殊的鎖定系統使門不會被意外打開。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. This proposal is by no means a sure thing.
- 這個提議絕不會理所當然地獲得通過。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was forceful, but by no means a zealot.
- 他個性堅定，但絕不是什么狂熱分子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.
- 這意味著在貸款業務劇增時小銀行能夠獲得大筆利潤。
來自柯林斯例句