means

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #415 ★★★★☆

n. 方法, 手段, 工具, 财产, 收入 [经] 方法, 手段, 工具; 意谓

发音

AU /miːnz/
NZ /miːnz/
UK /miːnz/
CA /minz/
US /minz/

词形变化

only 复数

别名

MOM

教材释义与例句

名词

手段；方法；财产

a way of doing or achieving something

动词

意思是；打算（mean的第三人称单数） [ 复数means ]

动词

意思是；打算（mean的第三人称单数）

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    plural of mean

  2. 2.

    An instrument or condition to achieve a result.

    方法

    可数

    She treated him as a means to an end.

    A car is a means of transport.

  3. 3.

    Financial resources; wealth.

    仅复数 不可数

    a person of means; independent means

    He was living beyond his means.

  4. 4.

    Financial resources; wealth.

    Substantial wealth.

    仅复数 不可数

    She is a woman of means.

    Hotels that are so priced that only people of means can stay.

v.
  1. 1.

    third-person singular simple present indicative of mean

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

way agency substance instrumentation instrumentality

上位词 5

capital artifact implementation artefact effectuation

下位词 10

voice road system escape arms connection equipment device wings transport

相关短语

mean business 当真 by means of 依靠 by no means 决不 by all means 尽一切办法, 一定 not by any means 决不 by any means 无论如何 means test [经] 家计调查 means of transport [法] 运输工具 means of production [经] 生产手段, 生产资料 means of exchange 交易方式 means of transportation [经] 运输工具 means proportional means to an end 为达到目的所采取的手段 Means grass [网络] 意草 means of grace

词源

From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel.

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