mean/denote/express.导航词义：表示

1. mean:v. 表示…的意思，意思是.普通用词，用于指出事物的具体含义。

What does 'rock' mean? rock

是什么意思？

The green light means 'Go'.

绿灯表示“行”。

This arrow means that you should go straight ahead.

这个箭头表示你应该一直往前走。

2. denote:v. 表示，指示.常表示某个词的字面含义或某个符号、迹象的意义。

What does the word 'measure' denote that 'method' does not?

measure一词表示的含义中哪些是method所不包含的？

The colour red is usually used to denote passion or danger.

红色通常用于表示激情或危险。

What do the circles denote on the map?

地图上的圆圈代表什么？

3. express:v. 表达，表述.主要指通过语言、表情、动作等表达想法、感情等。

Why did he refuse to express his opinions?

为什么他拒绝表达自己的观点？

She expressed an interest in visiting the museum.

她表示有兴趣参观博物馆。

Her mother's eyes expressed deep sadness.

她母亲的眼中流露出深切的悲伤。

Words cannot express how excited we are.

言语无法形容我们有多么激动。

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1·You can't possibly mean that!

你绝不会是那个意思吧！《牛津词典》

2·What does this sentence mean?

这个句子是什么意思？《牛津词典》

3·Oh yes, I see what you mean.

噢，我明白你的意思了。《牛津词典》

4·What did he mean by that remark?

他说那话是什么意思？《牛津词典》

5·What does evidence mean?

是什么意思？《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·She's always been mean with money.

她在花钱方面总是非常吝啬。《牛津词典》

7·What exactly do you mean?

你到底什么意思？《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·Mm, I know what you mean.

唔，我知道你的意思。《牛津词典》

9·I'm sorry, I didn't mean to preach.

很抱歉，我并没有说教的意思。《牛津词典》

10·You know perfectly well what I mean.

我的意思你是一清二楚的。《牛津词典》

意味着

1·What does this mean in terms of cost?

这在成本上意味着什么？《牛津词典》

2·Entertaining in style needn't mean spending lavishly.

时尚娱乐并不意味着要无度地花钱。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·This could mean a massive furlough of government workers.

这会意味着政府工作人员的一次大规模停职。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·That would mean voting no, that is to say, using the veto.

那就意味着投反对票，也就是说，行使否决权。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·Spending too much now will mean a shortage of cash next year.

现在花销太多就意味着明年现金短缺。《牛津词典》

意思是

1·I mean to say, you should have known how he would react!

我的意思是说，你本应料到他会作何反应！《牛津词典》

2·I'm sure he wouldn't mind. I mean, I was the one who asked him.

我肯定他不会介意。我的意思是，我就是问他的那个人。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·You mean he's going to vote against her? Scobie asked in surprise.

“你的意思是他将投票反对她？”斯考比惊讶地问道。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·I mean, I was a bit insulted that they thought I needed bribing to shut up.

我的意思是，我感到有些受侮辱的是他们认为我收受贿赂才肯闭嘴。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·I mean, some progress has been made.

我的意思是，已经取得了一些进展。

平均

1·They had a mean age of about 9 years.

他们的平均年龄是9岁。

2·The Moon's mean density is much lower than that of Earth but is about the same as that of Earth's mantle.

月球的平均密度比地球低得多，但与地球的地幔密度大致相同。

3·Mean European temperatures were about the same as today, perhaps slightly cooler.

欧洲的平均气温和今天差不多，可能略低一些。

4·The technician plotted the thermal conductivity versus mean temperature.

技术人员勾绘出导热率对应平均温度的曲线。

5·The mean age of marriage is rising in both countries.

这两个国家的平均结婚年龄都有所上升。

平均值

1·Where should the mean be now?

现在的平均值会是多少？

2·From the measurements, compute the mean and standard deviation.

根据度量值计算出平均值和标准偏差。

3·It works for any statistic, not just simple ones like the mean.

它适用于任何统计数据，而不只是平均值这样的简单数据。

4·Where am I computing the mean?

我在哪儿计算了这个平均值？

5·Normally distributed data assumes that about 68% of the values in the sample are within 1 standard deviation of the mean.

正态分布数据认为，样本中约68%的数值分布在距离平均值为1的标准偏差之内。

吝啬

1·She's always been mean with money.

她在花钱方面总是非常吝啬。《牛津词典》

2·An applicant who blames a roommate or mean professor for a bad grade sounds like a grade-school kid blaming a sibling for a broken lamp.

申请者把成绩不好归咎于室友或者吝啬的教授就像是一名小学生打碎了灯而责怪他的兄弟姐妹。

3·Around one in four of us carries the 'mean gene', which we have inherited from our parents.

我们四个人中间大约就有一个人携带有“吝啬基因”，这种基因是我们从我们的父母那里继承来的。

4·Because being mean could be in their genes. Scientists have pinpointed a stretch of DNA that makes people stingy with their cash.

因为为人吝啬可能是由他们的基因决定的。科学家已经精确地定位了一段DNA，这段DNA使得人们对他们的金钱很吝啬。

5·Because being mean could be in their genes.

因为为人吝啬可能是由他们的基因决定的。

卑鄙

1·He said that we were evil, malignant, and mean.

他说我们邪恶、恶毒、卑鄙。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Well, it's blamed mean--that's all.

唉，这太卑鄙了——拉倒吧。

3·Geppetto, no doubt, will beat him unmercifully, he is so mean and cruel!

毫无疑问，杰佩托会毫不留情地揍他的，他太卑鄙、太残忍了！

4·This turned the self-described “mean, miserable SOB” into a hero in his adopted state (he was born in Indianapolis in 1923 and moved to Alaska in 1953).

这些作为让这位自贬的“卑鄙恶劣的混蛋”变成了收养他的州的英雄（他1923年生于印第安纳波利斯，1953年搬到阿拉斯加）。

5·He is not only a mean man, but a fool.

他不但是个卑鄙的人，而且是个蠢才。

小气

1·Don't be so mean.

不要这么小气。

2·Wow you are mean but adorable. I chose the movie over you.

你还真小气但是很可爱。我只是选择了电影而已。

3·Tom seems rather mean, but he has a kind heart.

汤姆看上去挺小气，但心地善良。

4·Q: Because I'm insensitive and mean, my husband of four and a half years has decided to leave me.

问：“ ”因为我“感觉迟钝”、“小气”，与我结婚四年半的丈夫决定离开我。

5·Elizabeth, age 11, wrote from Georgia: Dear D.D.B., I got your dollar... I have two stinky mean brothers, two birds, one cat and two dogs.

11岁的伊丽莎白从乔治亚州邮来的明信片上写道：“亲爱的D.”D.B，我拿到你的美元了…我有两个又臭又小气的哥哥，两只小鸟，一只猫，还有两条狗。

意谓

1·Failure does not mean you forsake me ; It does mean you have better ideas .

失败并不意谓你丢弃我，它是说你的旨意更美。

2·This does not mean ignore a call for help, nor the urging of your own soul to work toward the change of some circumstance or condition.

这并不意谓你该忽略别人求援的呼声，也不是要你忽略自己灵魂想要改变某些环境或状况的驱策。

3·And that does not mean that you are passively accepting all things as they are.

而这并不意谓说你是消极地全盘接受所有的事情。

4·Do you mean to say that we'll have to make a further reduction of 50 dollars in our price? That's impossible!

你意谓我们将会必须作我们的价格50元的进一步的减少吗？那是不可能的！

5·Then how much do you mean? Can you give me a rough idea?

然后你意谓多少？你能给我粗糙主意吗？

刻薄的

1·He is mean to others.

他对别人很刻薄。

2·Don't be so mean to your little brother.

对你的小弟弟不要如此刻薄。《新英汉大辞典》

3·In another firm the workers were constantly complaining about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owners was too busy or too mean to do anything about it.

在另一家公司，工人们不停地抱怨出故障的供暖系统，但老板们太忙或太刻薄，对此不予置喙。

4·In another firm the workers were constantly complaining about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owners were too busy or too mean to do anything about it.

在另一家公司，工人们不停地抱怨出故障的供暖系统，但老板们太忙或太刻薄，对此无动于衷。

5·Then I realized how mean I’d been to Cow, so I told him that I was really, really sorry for yelling at him.

接着，我才意识到，我刚刚对待高的态度是多么的刻薄，我告诉他，我真的，真的很抱歉，刚刚不应该对它吼叫。

(1)in the mean当其时；同时；在此期间

(1)mean timen. 平均时间（平均太阳时）

(1)mean square均方；均方差；均方值

(1)in the mean time同时

(1)mean value平均值，平均数

(1)mean by意思是…