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四级英语单词:mean、means

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◆mean v.

 

1. 表示“打算”,学习英语的网站,主语只能是人,其后可接不定式,免费学英语网站,但不接动名词。四级英语单词如:

What do you mean to do with it? 你盘算怎么处理它?

 

He did not mean to hurt you. 他不是有意要侵害你。

注:若表示过去未曾实现的打算,即表示本来打算做但并未做成的事,通常用从前实现时,有时在不引起歪曲的情况下也可用个别从前时。如:

We had meant to be early, but we got up too late. 咱们原来想早点来的,但起床起迟了。

I (had) meant to call on you, but I was so busy. 我本想来看你的,然而我太忙了。

 

 

以上意思有时也用“meant to have+过去分词”来表示。如:

 

I meant to have told you about it yesterday. /I had meant to tell you about it yesterday. 我本来打算昨天把这事告诉你的。

2. 表示“象征着”、“需要”等,句子主语一般是事物(有时也可用 it, this, that 等),其后可接动名词,但不接不定式。如: 内容来自

This illness will mean going to hospital. 得了这种病就象征着要住院。

 

 

比较并懂得以下四级英语单词句子:

 

If we mean to catch the early bus, that means getting up before five. 要想赶早班车,我们就得在五点钟以前起床。 内容来自

3. 表示“有意思”、“有价值”,通常与 much, little, a lot, a great deal, nothing, everything, anything 等词连用。如:

 

Money means nothing to me. 钱对我来说是无所谓的。 CopyRight .com

You don’t know how much you mean to me. 你不知道我如许喜好你。

 

 

 

◆四级英语单词means n.

 

用作名词,主要表示“办法”、“方法”、“手腕”等,利用时留心以下多少点:

 

 

1. 单复数同形(永远有词尾-s)。若用作主语,其谓语的数需根据句意来判断。如:

 

 

All possible means have been tried. 所有可能的办法都已经试过了。

 

Every possible means has been tried. 每种可能的措施都已经试过了。

 

有时用作主语其单复数意思不明,则谓语可用单数或复数。如:

 

 

Is [Are] there any other means of doing it? 做这事还有其它的什么办法吗?

 

2. 表现做某事的方式,其后通常接“of+(动)名词”。如: CopyRight .com

There is no means of finding out what happened. 无奈弄清发生了什么事件。

 

Taking a plane is the quickest means of getting there. 去那儿最快的方法是坐飞机。

注:有时也可后接不定式, ,但不如接 of doing sth 常见。另外有时也可后接 for doing sth, 也不如用 of doing sth 常见。

 

3. 表示以某种方式、方法或手段,通常用介词 by。如:

 

This money wasn’t earned by honest means. 这笔钱不是通过正当手段得来的(=这笔钱来路不正)

He explained to us the means by which he persuaded her to come. 他给咱们说明了他是如何说服她来的。 CopyRight .com

注:与介词 by 连用的四级英语单词常用词组:

(1) by means of 意为“依靠”、“通过”。如: CopyRight .com

He made a fortune by means of industry. 他靠勤恳致富。

 

He got into the house by means of an open window. 他从一扇开着的窗户爬进屋去。

 

 

(2) by all means 意为“一定要”、“当然可能”。如:

 

A:Can I have a look at it? 我可以看看吗? 

B:By all means. 当然能够。

 

(3) 四级英语单词短语by no means 意为“绝不”、“一点也不”(用于句首,句子要倒装)。如:

 

 

I’m by no means happy about his work. 我对他的工作一点也不满意。

By no means should he be left alone. 毫不能把他单独留下。

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