mean

英式音标：mean怎么读

美式音标：mean怎么读

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近义词： medium,signify,testy,middle,malicious,connote,ill-humored,cross,average,denote,indicate,petty,irritable,intend,unkind,normal,suggest

反义词： proud

mean词义

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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

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复数: means;第三人称单数: means;过去式: meant;过去分词: meant;现在分词: meaning;比较级: meaner;最高级: meanest;名词: meanness;形容词: meanly;

中文词源

mean 意思是，意味着

来自古英语maenan,意思是，打算，来自PIE*meino,意见，意图，来自*men,思考，思想，词源同mind,mania.

mean 普通的，平庸的，吝啬的，小气的，刻薄的

来自古英语gemaene,普通的，公共的，一般的，来自Proto-Germanic*ga-mainiz,共有的，来自PIE*ko-moin,共有，公共，*ko,一起，词源同com-,*moin,交换，互通，词源同common,mutable.引申词义平庸的，后词义进一步贬义化，用于指吝啬的，小气的，刻薄的。

mean 中间的，中间值

来自拉丁语medianus,中间的，来自medius,在中间，词源同middle,medial.用于数学术语中间值等。

mean双语例句

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1. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.: 当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。

2. "What do you mean?" I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.: “你什么意思啊？”我问，替利迪感到愤愤不平。

3. This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells.: 这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。

4. Take a hundred and twenty values and calculate the mean.: 取120个值计算平均数。

5. But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying.: 但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。

mean英文词源

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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.

mean实用场景例句

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In modern Welsh, 'glas' means 'blue'...: 在现代威尔士语中，glas 意为“蓝色”。

What does 'evidence' mean?...: evidence 是什么意思？

Do you mean me?...: 你指的是我吗？

Let me illustrate what I mean with an old story...: 让我用一个古老的故事来说明我的意思吧。

The idea that she witnessed this shameful incident meant nothing to him...: 虽然她目睹了这可耻的一幕，但是这对他来说无关紧要。

It would mean a lot to them to win.: 获胜对他们来说非常重要。

An enlarged prostate does not necessarily mean cancer...: 前列腺肿大不一定就是癌症。

Just because he has a beard doesn't necessarily mean he's a hippy.: 不能因为他蓄须就说他是嬉皮士。

It would almost certainly mean the end of NATO...: 这几乎肯定会导致北大西洋公约组织的终结。

Trade and product discounts can also mean big savings...: 商品促销与产品折扣同样意味着可能会省下一大笔钱。

Children universally prefer to live in peace and security, even if that means living with only one parent...: 孩子们普遍愿意过平静安宁的生活，即便这意味着只能与单亲生活在一起。

Managing well means communicating well.: 良好的管理需要有效的沟通。

He says you're fired if you're not back at work on Friday. And I think he meant it...: 他说，如果你星期五还不回去上班的话就解雇你。我想他是当真的。

He could see I meant what I said. So he took his fur coat and left.: 他看得出我并非只是说说而已，于是拿起他的皮衣走了。

I didn't mean to hurt you...: 我无意伤害你。

If that sounds harsh, it is meant to...: 如果这么说听起来刺耳的话，那目的就达到了。

I'm sure he didn't mean any harm...: 我相信他并无恶意。

I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.: 我本无意冒犯，那不过是句脱口而出的冒失话。

Summer is the perfect time to catch up on the new books you meant to read...: 夏天是把想读却没读的新书恶补一下的最佳时机。

You know very well what I meant to say...: 你非常清楚我想说什么。

John was constantly reassuring me that we were meant to be together.: 约翰不断安慰我说，我们注定要在一起。

It was his idea. Gordon's, I mean...: 这是他的主意，我是指戈登。

Is something upsetting you—I mean, apart from this business?: 有什么烦心事吗？我的意思是，除了这件事以外还有吗？

I'm sure he wouldn't mind. I mean, I was the one who asked him...: 我肯定他不会在意的，因为是我问他的。

They were filled with racial stereotypes, I mean, it looked like something from the 1930s.: 他们满脑子种族成见，似乎都是些20世纪30年代的老思想。

It was law or classics—I mean English or classics.: 是法律或者古典文学——我的意思是英语或古典文学。

I know what it means to lose a child under such tragic circumstances.: 我明白在这种悲惨的情况下失去孩子的滋味。

'Oh, Gairdner,' he said, as if that meant something to him...: “哦，盖尔德纳，”他说道，好像他听说过这个名字。

Does the word 'Fareham' mean anything to anyone?: 有人对 Fareham 这个词有印象吗？

I know you mean well, but I can manage by myself.: 我明白您的好意，不过我自己能行。

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