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【英英释义】

mean是个大词，有三种词性，动词（过去式和过去分词均为meant）、形容词和名词。做动词时其用法达18种之多，做形容词主要有“吝啬的，小气的；刻薄的，不友好的；数目微小的；残忍的”等含义，做名词，则表示“平均值”。

由于动词用法太多，以下仅列出几种常见、常用的释义：

v. 1.if you ask someone what they mean, you are asking them to explain exactly what or who they are referring to or what they are intending to say. 意指，表述，意思是说  V n  /  V that  /  no cont（无进行时态）

2. if one thing means another, the first thing leads to the second thing happening. 导致，产生……的结果 V n  /  V that  /  no cont

3. if doing one thing means doing another, it invovles doing the second thing. 包含，涉及 V -ing

4. if you sany that someone meant to do something, you are saying that they did it deliberately. 有意，故意 V to-inf（带to的动词不定式）  /  V n to-inf  /  no cont

to have a particular result or invovle something.

【词义深度解析】

mean的含义很多，做动词时“意味着，产生……的结果”这一含义也是外刊中常见的用法。

【例句学习】

1. A meager salary means that the family has to choose between paying rent and buying groceries.

meager adj. 匮乏的，贫乏的；瘦的

2. The pouring rain means that the football match will be canceled. 大雨使得足球比赛被取消。

3. A promotion doesn't necessarily mean a pay raise. 升职并不一定就加薪。

4. His new job at a consulting firm will mean traveling all over the country. 他找了一份咨询公司的新工作，以后要全国各地出差了。

5. He argues that this firm's unusually high level of integration of its various business and technology means it can produce more efficiently than its peers. ( ExxonMobil 埃克森美孚)

他辩称埃克森美孚多项业务与科技超高水平的整合能够比同行更高效地生产。

6. But the rest of Asia may be harder to crack. For one thing, a warm climate in several countries means that UNIQLO cannot rely on its cold-weather products as a main driver of sales.

在剩余的亚洲地区很难打开市场。首先，在几个气候温暖舒适的国家里，优衣库不可能依赖其冬季产品作为主要的销售增长点。

mean 可以帮作者把思路打开，把一个问题讨论、分析彻底，也可以让读者感觉到作者的耐心和同理心。

【词汇运用】

1.翻译：经济非常不景气，这意味着大量公司不得不采取裁员。

The weak economy means a great deal of companies have to cut down the number of/ lay off its employees. （自己）

The troubled economy means that many companies will resort to layoffs. （参考翻译）

分析：resort这个词太棒了，含有“最后不得不采取的手段”的意思，layoffs是裁员、解雇这个动作或方式本身。简洁清晰有力。

2.生活场景应用

He took off his coat after taking excerise in the gym which meant he would get cold.