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INTELLIGENCE 智力 6 (/brmfl/) (of a person’s understanding
or ability 人的S解力或能力） not very great 平 庸的；一般的：This shouW be dear
even to the meanest inteHigence.就是对智力最平庸的人来说，这也应当是非
常明了的。
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POOR 低劣 7 (//’fcra〇/) poor and dirty in
appearance 低 劣而肮脏的：mean houses/streets脏乱房屋/街道
8 [old-fashioned) bom into or coming
from a low social class出身卑贱的；社会地位低下的
► mean-ly adj. mean-ness noun [U] be no mean ... {approving) used to say that sb is
very good at doing sth •了 木起；很出色：His mother a painter,
and. he’s no mecm artist himsei/.他的母亲是画家，他本人也是很出色
的艺术家。
•
noun — see also means
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MIDDLE WAY 中间 1
~
(between
A and B) a
quality, condition, or way of doing sth that is in the middle of two extremes
and better than either of them 中间；中 庸；折中：/fe needed to /
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AVERAGE 2 (also arith.metic 'mean) {mathematics 数）the value found by
adding together all ihe numbers in a group, and dividing the total by the
number of numbers平均数；平均值；算术中项
fT»TWl the happy/golden
'mean (approving) a course of
action that is not extreme 中庸之g me-ander/mi'aend0(r)/ verb[W, usually +adv./prep.] 1 (of a river, road,
etc.河^[、道路等）to curve a lot rather
than being in a straight line 蜿!^而行；迂回曲折：77ze stream meanders
sZow〖y down to the sea.这条小河弯弯
曲曲缓慢地流向大海。2 to walk slowly and
change direction often, especially without a particular aim 漫 步；闲逛 wander 3 (of .a conversation,
discussion, etc•谈话、 讨论等> to develop slowly
and change subject often, in a way that makes it boring or difficult to
understand (乏味A、令人费解地）漫谈，闲聊►meander /7〇w/7: the meanders 0/ a river河流台各处河曲
me-ander-ings
/mi'aendrirjz/
noun [pi.] 1 a course that
does not fallow a straight line 蜿婉曲折的路程：the meanderings o/a
rfver/path曲祈蜿艇的一条河/小路
2 walking or talking without any particular
aim ?曼步；
闲逛；闲聊；漫•话：his meancierings 他的
哲学g谈
meanie (also meany) /'rniini/ noun (pi -ies) [informal) used especially by
children to describe an unkind person whq will not give them what they want (儿童 用语）气鬼，刻薄鬼
mean-ing
0^ /'miimi)/ noun, adj.
•
noun
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OF SOUND/WORD/SIGN 声音；文字;信号 1 〜（of sth) [U，C]
the thing or idea that a
sound, word, sign, etc. represents (声音、文字、信号等传递的）意义，意思： What’s the meaning 〇/this word?这个单词的意思是什
么？ ◊ Words q/ten
have several meanings.单词往往有若 干个意思。◊ ‘Honesty’？ He doesn’t know the meaning 〇/ theword/ “诚实”？他不明白这个词是什么意思！
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OF WHAT SB SAYS/DOES 某人的言行 2 [U，C] the things or ideas that sb wishes to communicate
to you by what they say or do (想要表达的）意义，意思：/don’t quite get your meaning (= understand what
you mean to say).我不太明白你要说的意思。◊ What’s the meaning 0/ this? J expZidtfy
toW you not to Zeave the room.这是什么 意思？我明确地告诉过你不要离开这个房间。
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OF FEEUNG/EXPERIENCE 情感；经历 3 [U] the real import-
ance of a feeling or experience 真正.重要性；价值：
With
Anna he 〖earned the meaning o/〖ove•通过与安娜相
处，他明白了爱意味着什么。
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OF BOOK/PAINT丨NG 书籍；绘画 4 [U, C] the ideas that
a writer, artist, etc. wishes to communicate through a book, painting, etc.(作家或艺术家要表达的）意义，含
义，思想：severai toyere 〇/ mea/iin^若干层意义◊ There are, 〇/ course, deeper meam'ngs 加 the poem.当 然，这首诗里还有更深层的含义。
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SENSE OF PURPOSE 追求的目标 5 [U] the quality or
sense of purpose that makes you feel that your life is valuable
(乂生的）意义，价值，目标：Her啡seemed to have Zost aH
meaning.她的生活似乎已毫无办值。◊ Having a
chiZd gave new meaning to
their lives.有了一个孩子使得
他们的生活有了新的方向。
■ adj. [usually before noun] = meaningful(2) mean-ing-ful /'miiniQfl/ adj. 1 serious and important 严肃的；重要沾；重大的：ameaning/WreZatiorwhip/ discussion/experieiice 重要的关系 / 讨论/ 经历 2 (also less frequent mean-ing) intended to
communicate or express sth to sb, without any words being spoken 意 味深长的；意在言>卜的：She gave me a 〖oofc.
她意味深长地看了我一眼。3 having a meaning
that is easy to understand意义明显的；易于理解的：These statistics are not
very metming/iuL 这些统计数字说明不了
什么问题。► mean.ing.fuMy
/-fali/ mean.ing.fuh
ness noun [U]
mean-ing-less /'miimrjlas/ adj. 1 without any purpose or
reason and therefore not worth doing or having 毫 无意义的；毫无目的的；无价值的033 pointless: a meaningiess existence 毫无意义的存在◊ We 用！ up our Zives with
meaningless tasfcs.舍们终曰忙忙碌#，M得毫 无意义。2 not considered important.不重要尚；|无病谓 的 H*i7l irrelevant- Fines are meaningless
to a huge company iifce that.对于这样一家大公司，罚金根本算不
了什么。3 not having a meaning that is easy to understand i 思不明 确的； 晦淫的 ： r〇 me that painting is
comp〖ete〖y mecming〖e5s.知■我籴说，这幅油画i涩难懂。
^ mean-ing*less*ly adv. mean-ing*less*ness noun [U] means 〇*w /mi:nz/ /iow/7 (p/. means)
1 [C] ~ (of doing sth/of sth) an action, an object
or a system by which a result is achieved; a way of achieving or doing sth 方式;.方法；途径：Television is an
ejfecrive means o/commum‘carion.电视是一种有效的 ^ Is there any means of
contacting him? 有什么方法和他取得联系？ ◊ Have you any means oj identification?你有没看任何身份证件？ ◊ We needed to get to
the’ help of sth丨昔助…手段；依靠…方法：77re Zoad was h；/ted by means o/a
crane•重！^是用起重机吊起来的。by no means | not by 'any (manner of)
means not
at all 绝不；一点也不：She is by no means an
inexperi- enced teacher•她绝不是个毫无经验的教师。◊ We haven’t won
yet, not by any means.我们离嬈功还远着呢。a .means to an 'end a thing or action that
is not interesting or important in itself but is a way of achieving sth else (本身并不重要或有趣的）达到目的的手段：ffe doesn't particularly
like the work but he sees it as a means to an end. k不怎么喜欢这项工作，只是把它看
作达到目的啤手段而已。一more at end /?.，fair (7办，
WAY/7.
'means test noun an official check
of sbJs wealth or income in order to decide if they are poor enough
to receive money from the government, etc. for a particular purpose收入调查，经济情况调查（以确定是
否可领取政府补贴等）► 'means-testve/t(VN]
'means-tested
adj. paid to sb
according to the results of a means test按收入调查结果支付的：means-testeci benejife按经济情况调查结果支付的补助
meant
pt,
pp of
mean mean-time /'miintaim/ noun, adv.
• noun IT»!B1
for the 'meantime (6r£) for a short period of time but not
permanently 眼卞；暂时：J’m changing my email address but
for the meantime you can use the oW one.我要更换电邮地址"不过那个旧的暂时也还可以