Mean

(noun.) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n.

(verb.) destine or designate for a certain purpose; 'These flowers were meant for you'.

(verb.) denote or connote; '`maison' means `house' in French'; 'An example sentence would show what this word means'.

(verb.) mean or intend to express or convey; 'You never understand what I mean!'; 'what do his words intend?'.

(verb.) have a specified degree of importance; 'My ex-husband means nothing to me'; 'Happiness means everything'.

(adj.) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; 'a mean person'; 'he left a miserly tip' .

(adj.) excellent; 'famous for a mean backhand' .

昌西整理

• Yes, I mean to. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But this does not mean that men will have become homeless and all adrift. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Do you mean to join us at dinner? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• What I mean is, Lizzie, that I am a mere impertinent piece of conceit, and you shame me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Do I mean to say! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I mean to say that there do exist natures gifted with those opposite qualities. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• You know, I'm a stranger here, so perhaps I'm not so quick at understanding what you mean as if I'd lived all my life at Milton. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Which means, I suppose, that you are not quite clear about your case? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It will by no means follow, however, that the real exchange was against it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This means that definite coordinations of activities of the eyes in seeing and of the body and head in striking are perfected in a few trials. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• And education is not a mere means to such a life. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• That's what Bertha means, isn't it? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Yet it was a hard time for sensitive, high-spirited Jo, who meant so well and had apparently done so ill. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But she took such a long walk up and down our rooms that night, while I was writing to Agnes, that I began to think she meant to walk till morning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He had always meant to do something, and Amy's advice was quite unnecessary. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy that he meant it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• But I had once meant better than that, and I am come back to my old intention. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I never meant, my dear Wegg--' Mr Boffin was beginning, when Silas stopped him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This attitude is what is practically meant by will. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It seemed all at once to take the shape of an impertinence on her part; she read this meaning too in the man's eyes. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I do not apprehend your meaning. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• If it had a new meaning that smote him to the heart, the change was in his perception, not in her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Therefore I checked myself, and made my meaning plainer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• They reveal a depth and range of meaning in experiences which otherwise might be mediocre and trivial. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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