英 [miːnz] 美 [miːnz]
n. 手段，方法；金钱
v. 意味着；表示……的意思，作……的解释；打算，意欲（mean 的第三人称单数）
复数means
means /miːnz/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 A means of doing something is a method, instrument, or process which can be used to do it. Means is both the singular and the plural form for this use. 方法; 手段; 过程
The move is a means to fight crime.
这个行动是打击犯罪的一种手段。
The army had perfected the use of terror as a means of controlling the population.
军队已经能很好地利用恐怖手段来控制这里的人们。
复数型名词 You can refer to the money that someone has as their means. 财富
...a person of means.
…一个富有的人。
习语 If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process. 通过 (方法、手段或过程)
This is a two-year course taught by means of lectures and seminars.
这是一门通过讲座和研讨会形式讲授的两年制课程。
习惯表达 You can say "by all means" to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something. 当然可以
"Can I come and have a look at your house?"—"Yes, by all means."
“我能过来看看你的房子吗？”—“可以，当然可以。”
对策-引用次数：147
This paper makes analysis on the government officers’ psychology of professional crime and its causes. It gives warning to the officers by means of psychology.
本文就国家工作人员利用职务而实行的犯罪所表现的心理状态及其成因进行分析,从而为突破职务犯罪的心理防线提供对策。
参考来源国家工作人员职务犯罪心理初探
路径-引用次数：76
Rather than shy away, we should try to find reasonable means and combination point to solve it.
我们不必回避这一矛盾和冲突，而应尽快地寻找出合理的路径和契合点加以解决。
参考来源论国际贸易与环境保护的法律协调
方法-引用次数：2673
This means have applied broadly in this task.
这一方法在本课题得到广泛应用。
工具-引用次数：39
参考来源浅谈用户模型在设计中的运用
指-引用次数：10
Viewed from scientific logic, the knowledge innovation means the knowledge growth.
从科学逻辑的角度看 ,科学知识创新是指科学知识的增长。
参考来源科学逻辑的知识创新功能试析
在可信赖计算白皮书 中，微软提出了实施可信赖计算的手段(means)： 内容来自dedecms 设计安全：减少软件漏洞 织梦内容管理系统 默认安全：减少攻击面 copyright dedecms 部署安全：...
关键词: 气象类滑坡灾害,潜在滑坡灾害系统,自组织临界性,预报,原理,方法[gap=1536]saster,latency landslide system,self-organization criticality,prediction,theory,means,
这档节目(Program)名叫elhormiguero，直意为(Means)蚂蚁窝，引申含义(Meaning)是人潮会聚的地方。梦工厂信念之二：团队！
My family means everything to me.
对我来说家庭意味着一切。
In practical terms , it means spending less.
具体点说，那意味着少花些钱。
He got rich by devious means.
他不择手段大发横财。
Rosie Sharpe from the environmental rights group Global Witness say that means the north and south will have to cooperate.
VOA : special.2011.01.08
It simply means that one cannot enter the holy sanctuary, God's realm, when impure through contact with death or sexuality.
这就意味着如果和死亡或者性有关，人就不能进入圣所，上帝的领域。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Almost any game you play has some kind of randomness or pseudorandomness which means that things change overtime somewhat unpredictably.
大多数你所玩过的游戏都有某种,随机数或者伪随机数,这就意味着每个事件都存在不可预测性。
计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
This means that the release of sugar into the bloodstream is slower after eating brown rice compared to white rice.
VOA : special.2010.06.30
And,it means that transgenic marmosets can be produced from breeding instead of by the lengthy process of injecting fertilized eggs.
VOA : special.2009.06.23
In many cultures, people of very limited means save a great amount of money.
The weather matters a lot to Enron warm weather means less gas sold.
But for that to happen, it means that Democrats and Republicans have to work together.
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