mean I /mi:n/ I. vt. (meant /ment/, meant) 1. 意思是…;意味着(可跟名词/代词、v-ing和从句): What do you mean by saying that? 你说那话是什么意思? 2.打算，意欲（跟不定式作宾语或宾补）: I meant to come, but a friend of mine went to see me. 我本打算来的，可是一个朋友去看我了。［考句］I didn’t mean to take a taxi but I had to as I was late. 我本不打算打的，但因为迟了不得不打的。Do you mean him to read the letter too?你是否有意让他也读读这封信？［考句］Life is a candle meant to burn ever brighter.生命应当象蜡烛越燃越亮。（考查mean sth. to do sth. 的被动用法，这儿是过去分词短语作定语）3. 用于习语mean business（不顾别人反对）要采取行动：You’ve got to tell the students that you mean business -- if they don’t do the reading you assign, they won’t pass the course.你不得不告诉学生你要动真格，如果他们不完成你布置的阅读作业，就别想通过这一课程。
［辨析］mean和intend表示“打算”时其程度可强亦可弱。mean是普通非正式用语，人们多用它来表示两个极端，要么已下大决心， 要么还确定不下来。
mean II /mi:n/ adj. 1.自私的，吝啬的：He is mean about money. 他吝啬钱。Her husband is rather mean over money matters. 她的丈夫在金钱问题上很小气。2.卑鄙的：It was mean of you to eat all the peaches! 你把桃子全吃了，真卑鄙。
mean III /mu:n/ I. adj. 平均的：mean temperature 平均温度；‖II. n. ［c］平均值： take/adopt/follow the golden mean 采取中庸之道；proportional mean 比例中项
meaning /ˈmi:niŋ/ n. ［c］ & ［u］意义，意思：a double meaning 双重含义; strain/twist meaning of a word 曲解词义；clarify one’s own meaning 阐明自己的意思；misunderstand one’s meaning 误解某人的意思；a passage with much meaning 含意深刻的文章；look at sb. with meaning 有意思地望着某人
