• n. 手段；方法；財產
• v. 意思是；打算（mean的第三人稱單數） [ 復數means ]

來自mean,中間的。后形容詞做名詞，引申詞義調解人，調停人，有影響力的人，最終用于指方式，方法，并引申詞義錢財，財富。

means (n.)

"course of action," late 14c., from mean (n.); sense of "wealth" is first recorded c. 1600. Compare French moyens, German Mittel. Phrase by no means attested from late 15c.; means-test is from 1930.

1. Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting.It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.

友情是理解，不是妥協；是原諒，不是遺忘。即使不聯系，感情依然在。

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2. A special locking system means the door cannot be opened accidentally.

特殊的鎖定系統使門不會被意外打開。

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3. This proposal is by no means a sure thing.

這個提議絕不會理所當然地獲得通過。

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4. He was forceful, but by no means a zealot.

他個性堅定，但絕不是什么狂熱分子。

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5. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.

這意味著在貸款業務劇增時小銀行能夠獲得大筆利潤。

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