mean 1

表示…意思；作…解释

意欲；意思是

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关系重大

mean 2

吝啬的

卑鄙的；平庸讨厌的

差劲的；低劣的

好斗的

mean 3

平均数；平均值；平均标准

中庸；居中

mean

低劣的, 卑鄙的, 普通的, 吝啬的, 简陋的, 平均的, 惭愧的, 不舒服的

意谓, 想要, 预定

用意, 有意义

平均数, 中间, 中庸

mean

1. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

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1. mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

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2. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

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3. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

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4. have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

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5. have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"

6. intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

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7. destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"

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1. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"

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2. characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

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3. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

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4. excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"

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5. marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"

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6. used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

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7. used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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