| 词组 | mean |
| 释义 | 1．mean 用作“意欲”解，后面接不定式，不接动名词，如 I mean to make his acquaintance 里的 to make 不可改作 making。 2．下面两句意思相同： He was meant for an engineer. He was meant to be an engineer. 这两句都有两个意思：“他被（他的父母等）使他成为一个工程师。”和“他天生有着成为一个工程师的才能。” 3．注意By that word I mean something different 等句子里用 by。 4．注意By that word is meant something different 等句子里用 by。也注意这里的主语 something 用在动词 is meant 的后面，By that word something different is meant 也可以说，但不很合乎习惯。 5．说“（某词或某语）作什么解释？”该说 What does...mean?例如：What does 'vitamin' mean? 6．mean 有时有双宾语。例如：They mean us no harm.（他们并不想害我们。） 7．What do you mean?比How do you mean?普通。 8．I had meant to come, but was prevented by the bad weather 比 I meant to have come, but was prevented by the bad weather 合理。 9．in the mean time 跟 in the meantime 意思相同，也跟 meantime（副词），meanwhile（副词），in the mean while 和 in the meanwhile 意思相同。in the mean time 现在不及 in the meantime 普通。in the mean while 和 in the meanwhile 现在都不普通。meantime（副词）不及 meanwhile 普通。 |
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