means

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n.方法，收入；

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If he starts talking about another job, that means he wants a rise in pay.如果他开始考虑另找工作, 那就意味着他想加薪。

These truths were by no means self-evident when Galileo first suggested them.伽里略首次提出这些真理时决非显而易见。

They tried every means to hold down the workers on strike.他们采取一切手段镇压罢工工人。

A piston links to a drive shaft by means of a connecting rod.活塞通过连杆与驱动轴相连。

‘How will you get the money?’ ‘Don’t worry, there are ways and means.’“你怎么筹到这些钱？”“别担心，我自有办法。”

He let himself down slowly by means of a rope.他用一条绳子滑下来。

She is by no means stupid.她一点儿也不笨。

This by no means the first time you have been late.这绝不是你第一次迟到了。

I escaped by means of a secret tunnel.我通过一条秘密通道逃跑了。

The water may be carried by means of a pipe.水可以用管子输送。

英语六级真题

Declaring that one country is better than another in the way that it treats more than half its citizens means relying on broad strokes and generalities.

He obtained Monsanto's patented seeds by illegal means

This means that there could be an extra three billion mouths to feed by the end of the century, a period in which substantial changes are anticipated in the wealth, calorie intake and dietary preferences of people in developing countries across the world.

Wasting food means losing not only life-supporting nutrition but also precious resources, including land, water and energy

The predicted global population growth means that ways have to be found to produce more food with finite resources.

According to social learning theories, social interaction is a means by which people acquire attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

Some scientists believe that the rise in carbon levels means that the Amazon and other rain forests in Asia and Africa may go from being assets in the battle against rising temperatures to liabilities

Which means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column.

For all of these reasons, some colleges like Hartwick are rethinking the old way of doing things and questioning decades-old assumptions about what a college degree means.

It is by no means certain that the settlement will be enacted (执行) – it is the subject of afairness hearing in the US courts.

Business leadership means that managers need to "put first things first," which implies that before leading others, you need to be clear on your own values, abilities, and strengths and be seen as trustworthy

Much of the concern among politicians about the state of American universities today is focused on the absence of "real world" education—which means preparation for professional and scientific careers.

For the next three months, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration, the bloggers will try to start a conversation about what it means to be young and politically active in America today.

That means wolves in the suburbs of New York.

If someone has a great sense of humor, were a son, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthy perspective on life

The other's portrayal of Muir's life is a testimony to what it means to be lifelong learners and to use that learning to inform and bring about change

The means they use to get information.

That notion is not concrete enough and it blurs two key components of hope,' Doctor Snyder said, 'Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may be

Esperanto is an artificial language, designed to serve internationally as an auxiliary means of communication among speakers of different languages.

EL POPOLA CHINIO, which means from people's China, it's a monthly magazine in Esperanto and it is read worldwide

"It's a very small number of games that would trigger this secondary compensation issue," said voice actor Crispin Freeman, who's a member of the union's negotiating committee. "This is an important aspect of what it means to be freelance (从事自由职业的) perfor

Across the developed world, ear use is in decline as more people move to city centers, while young people especially are opting for other means of travel.

And "doing well" means your earnings are rising.

Apple and other tech companies hold another ace: the technical means to keep making their devices more and more inaccessible.

As the ocean warms, a body of water called the Antarctic Polar Front - an upward movement of nutrient-rich sea that supports a huge abundance of marine life - is being pushed further south. This means that king penguins, which feed on fish and krill in th

It is the means to intervene more wisely, and more effectively in the real world, to improve the well-being, not only of yourself—important as that may be—but of people around you and of other species with whom we share the planet.

It simply means there're too many elementary school teachers already.

Less time chatting and socializing means more time working and churning.

living in slums means they don't have infrastructure to take the garbage away, they don't have secure water supplies to drink.

Many successful virtual companies provide digital services, such as financial transactions, in the case of PayPal, or means of communication, as Skype does.

Ruel says that means the productivity of a nation's future generations depends in a large part on the first 1, 000 days of life.

That means concentrating on the direction of your life in general and your own academic performance specifically.

That means that the FAA could suspend virgin Galactic's licence to fly.

That means they wake up hungry, they are hungry all day, and they go to sleep hungry.

That means when a golfer tells himself "Don't hit the ball into the water", his mind sees the image of the ball flying into the water.

That person then drinks from the cup and raises it high, saying "Harambee!" which means "Let's all pull together!" All repeat "Harambee!" seven times and each person drinks from the cup.

That question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.

The extreme isolation of these massive farms leaves them often unattended, and monitored only once or twice a year, which means if the livestock falls ill or requires assistance, it can be a long time for farmers to discover.

The Grand Tourist was typically a young man with a thorough grounding in Greek and Latin literature as well as some leisure time, some means, and some interest in art.

The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet's environmental bank balance than it can sustain; we are living beyond our ecological means.

They include photos repurposed for inappropriate or illegal means, identity theft, embarrassment, bullying by peers or digital kidnapping.

This is an important aspect of what it means to be freelance (从事自由职业的) performer, who isn't regularly employed every single day working on projects.

This means an unprecedented number of people are surviving longer in conditions requiring expert support.

This means minors enjoy material benefits and legal protections that would have been the envy of those living in the past.

This means that if you give people multiple opportunities to lie for their own benefit, they start with little lies which get bigger over time.

This means that they have no foundations.

This means that they should have totally wiped each other out, leaving the universe completely barren.

This means they are paid the lowest legal wage and receive no health care or other benefits provided to full-time employee.

This means, for instance, a CUNY student could reasonably expect to receive the same quality of instruction from a prestigious professor as they would if they were enrolled in the same class at NYU.

While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality.

Yet it is worth noting that even if Apple ultimately loses this case, it has plenty of technical means to close a backdoor over time.

You say your shop has been doing well, could you give me some idea of what "doing well" means in facts and figures?

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

方法;手段;工具(means 用于此意时单复数同形)

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.

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N-PLURAL

收入;财富;金钱

You can refer to the money that someone has as their means .

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PHRASE

超出财力；入不敷出/在财力之内；量入为出

If someone is living beyond their means, they are spending more money than they can afford. If someone is living within their means, they are not spending more money than they can afford.

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PREP-PHRASE

用;以;通过

If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.

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CONVENTION

当然可以;完全可以

You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.

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PHRASE

决不;丝毫不;一点儿也不

You use expressions such as 'by no means', 'not by any means', and 'by no manner of means' to emphasize that something is not true.

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PHRASE

达到目的的手段

If you say that something is a means to an end, you mean that it helps you to achieve what you want, although it may not be enjoyable or important itself.

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英汉词典释义

n.

手段,方式,方法,途径

收入, 财富

英英词典释义

Noun

1. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved;

2. instrumentality used to achieve an end

3. considerable capital (wealth or income);

行业词典

法律： 财产；