mean
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v.

表示…的意思；意思是；打算；产生…结果

adj.

吝啬的；刻薄的；破旧的；残忍的

n.

平均数；中间；几何平均；等比中数

变形

复数：means过去式：meant过去分词：meant现在分词：meaning第三人称单数：means

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. 表示…的意思 be a sign of
2. vt. 本意是,原意为 have in mind as a purpose; intend
3. vt. & vi. 有某种重要性 be of importance to the stated degree

adj.(形容词)

1. 吝啬的,自私的 ungenerous; selfish
2. 卑鄙的,不善良的 unworthy; unkind
3. 中间的,平均的 midway between two extremes; average

n.(名词)

1. [C]中间,中庸 condition, quality, course of action, etc. that is halfway between two extremes
2. [C]平均数,平均值 midway point, quantity, etc. between two extremes; average

英英释义

mean

• n.an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

  同义词：mean value

• v.
  • mean or intend to express or convey

    "You never understand what I mean!"

    同义词：intend

  • have as a logical consequence

    "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

    同义词：entailimply

  • denote or connote

    "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

    同义词：intendsignifystand for

  • have in mind as a purpose

    "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"

    同义词：intendthink

  • have a specified degree of importance

    "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"

  • intend to refer to

    "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

    同义词：think ofhave in mind

  • destine or designate for a certain purpose

    "These flowers were meant for you"

• adj.
  • approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

    "the mean annual rainfall"

    同义词：average

  • characterized by malice

    "in a mean mood"

    同义词：hateful

  • having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

    "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

    同义词：basemeanspirited

  • excellent

    "famous for a mean backhand"

  • marked by poverty befitting a beggar

    "a mean hut"

    同义词：beggarly

  • (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

    "a mean person"

    同义词：mingymiserlytight

  • (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

    同义词：beggarly

  • of no value or worth

    同义词：bastardly

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• mean business当真
• mean consent意味着同意
• mean rain意味着有雨
• mean success意味着成功
• mean war预示着战争
• mean youth意味着年轻

～+副词

• mean a great deal表示很多意思
• mean little毫无意义
• mean much意味深长
• mean well怀着好意
• mean abominably极坏地打算
• mean bitterly极为失望地打算
• mean brutally残忍地打算
• mean cruelly残忍地打算
• mean despicably卑鄙地打算
• mean disgracefully使人丢脸地打算
• mean greedily贪婪地打算
• mean horribly令人恐怖地打算
• mean incredibly令人难以置信地打算
• mean maliciously恶毒地打算
• mean outrageously残暴地打算
• mean selfishly自私地打算
• mean shamefully可耻地打算
• mean stingily小气地打算
• mean terribly可怕地打算
• mean unbelievably令人难以相信地打算
• mean viciously邪恶地打算

～+介词

• mean as出于…之意
• mean by意思是,意味着
• mean for针对
• mean to对…有意义

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

• mean axis中轴
• mean line等分线
• mean opinion轻视,看不起
• mean term中项
• mean value平均值

副词+～

• abominably mean自私可恶,平庸讨厌
• bitterly mean极端可鄙
• brutally mean蛮横可鄙
• cruelly mean非常自私
• disgracefully mean下贱丢脸
• greedily mean贪得下贱
• selfishly mean自私自利
• shamefully mean卑劣可耻
• terribly mean极度低劣
• treacherously mean阴险卑鄙
• viciously mean邪恶下贱

～+动词不定式

• mean to say that这样说太坏了

～+介词

• mean about在…上吝啬的
• mean of对…羞愧
• mean over对…吝啬的
• mean to对…不好的
• feel mean with a cold因伤风而感不适

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• adopt the golden mean遵循中庸之道
• find a mean求平均值
• follow the golden mean遵循中庸之道
• keep mean(s)守中庸
• observe mean(s)守中庸
• overstep the mean越过平均线
• represent a mean for代表…的平均值
• take the mean取得平均值

形容词+～

• arithmetic mean等差,算术中项
• golden mean中庸
• happy mean中庸
• harmonic mean调和中项
• national mean全国平均数

介词+～

• above mean高出平均数

词组短语

in the mean当其时；同时；在此期间

mean time n. 平均时间（平均太阳时）

mean square均方；均方差；均方值

in the mean time同时

mean value平均值，平均数

mean by意思是…

what do you mean你的意思是什么

mean square error均方误差；中误差；均方差

mean temperature[医]平均温度

mean business[口]当真

golden mean 中庸之道；[美]黄金分割（等于golden section）

root mean square n. 均方根

weighted mean加权平均数

mean value theorem中值定理，平均值定律

annual mean年平均；累年平均

mean velocity平均速度

mean diameter平均直径；中径；二次平均直径

mean curvature平均曲率

mean stress平均应力

arithmetic mean算术均数；等差中项

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

mean, shabby, cheap, low

这组词都有“卑鄙的，卑贱的，卑下的”的意思，其区别是：

mean暗示狠毒、贪婪、缺乏尊严感等为人们所不耻的卑鄙、自私、渺小的行为。

shabby指行为的不公和卑劣而使人感到不屑和轻蔑。

cheap侧旨人或物的品质低劣下贱。

low指行为卑鄙、可耻、下文明，可引申指庸俗。

mean, average

mean中间，中数

average平均数，一般水平

denote, indicate, imply, mean, suggest, signify, represent

这组词都有“表示……的意思”的意思，其区别是：

denote指某一词字面或狭义的意思，或指某些符号或迹象的特指含义。

indicate指明显的表示。

imply侧重用文字或符号表示的联想，暗示。

mean最普通用词。指文字或符号等所表示的各种明确的或含蓄的意义。

suggest通常指暗含地、隐晦地表达意思。

signify指用文字、说话或表情等表示单纯的意思。

represent指体现或代表。

mean, intend

这组词都有“想要，打算”的意思，其区别是：

mean口语多用，指怀有作某事的想法或希望得到某物，特别用于效果不好而动机良好的场合。

intend较正式用词，但常用，指对未来的行动做出打算，并力争实现。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. What does this word mean?
   这个单词是什么意思？
2. I mean that's his own decision to resign or not.
   我的意思是说辞不辞职是他自己的决定。
3. I mean to call on you tomorrow.
   我打算明天看望你。
4. His father meant him to be an engineer.
   他父亲打算让他当工程师。
5. Spending too much now will mean a shortage of cash next year.
   现在花钱过头，来年就要缺钱。
6. Becoming a millionaire didn't mean an end to his money worries.
   成为百万富翁并不意味着他不再被钱困扰。
7. She emphasized that their plan would mean sacrifices and hard work.
   她强调说他们的计划意味着牺牲和辛勤工作。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Don't be so mean to your little brother!
   别对你弟弟那麽刻薄！
2. That was a mean trick!
   那是一个卑劣的诡计!
3. He played a mean game of chess yesterday.
   昨天他下了一盘十分出色的棋。
4. Her husband is very mean about money.
   她的丈夫在金钱上很吝啬。
5. What is the mean temperature in that locality?
   那个地方的平均气温是多少?

用作名词(n.)

1. It is an estimate of the mean of the population.
   这是对人口平均数的一个估计。
2. It is an estimate of the mean of the population.
   这是对人口平均数的一个估计。
3. We would actually encounter a mean between these extremes.
   我们实际上遇到介乎此两个极端的中间物。

权威例句

Beyond the grand mean?
Mean-field theory for scale-free random networks
Aggregation, Variance and the Mean
Meta-analysis. Beyond the grand mean?
Meta-Analysis: Beyond the Grand Mean?
Estimation of the Mean of a Multivariate Normal Distribution
Dynamical mean-field theory of strongly correlated fermion systems and the limit of infinite dimensions
On the interrelationships between natural mortality, growth parameters, and mean environmental temperature in 175 fish stocks
Quantitative electron spectroscopy of surfaces: A standard data base for electron inelastic mean free paths in solids
Representing Twentieth-Century Space–Time Climate Variability. Part I: Development of a 1961–90 Mean Monthly Terrestrial Climatology