• n. 手段；方法；財(cái)產(chǎn)
• v. 意思是；打算（mean的第三人稱單數(shù)） [ 復(fù)數(shù)means ]

來自mean,中間的。后形容詞做名詞，引申詞義調(diào)解人，調(diào)停人，有影響力的人，最終用于指方式，方法，并引申詞義錢財(cái)，財(cái)富。

means (n.)

"course of action," late 14c., from mean (n.); sense of "wealth" is first recorded c. 1600. Compare French moyens, German Mittel. Phrase by no means attested from late 15c.; means-test is from 1930.

1. Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.

友情是理解，不是妥協(xié)；是原諒，不是遺忘。即使不聯(lián)系，感情依然在。

來自金山詞霸 每日一句

2. A special locking system means the door cannot be opened accidentally.

特殊的鎖定系統(tǒng)使門不會(huì)被意外打開。

來自柯林斯例句

3. This proposal is by no means a sure thing.

這個(gè)提議絕不會(huì)理所當(dāng)然地獲得通過。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He was forceful, but by no means a zealot.

他個(gè)性堅(jiān)定，但絕不是什么狂熱分子。

來自柯林斯例句

5. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.

這意味著在貸款業(yè)務(wù)劇增時(shí)小銀行能夠獲得大筆利潤。

來自柯林斯例句