詞語：by all means
by all means是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
by all means
adv.
盡一切辦法, 一定
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
mean
mean 1
AHD:[m?n]
D.J.[mi8n]
K.K.[min]
v.（動詞）
meant[mμnt] mean.ing， means
v.tr.（及物動詞）
(1)To be used to convey; denote:
傳達意思，表示：
「『The question is,』 said Alice, 『whether you can make words mean so many different things』」 (Lewis Carroll)
「『問題是』，艾麗斯說，『是否你能夠 使詞彙具有那麼多不同的意思』」 (劉易斯·卡羅爾)
(2)To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
意味，象徵：作為象徵而表現；代表，表示：
In this poem, the budding flower means youth.
在這首詩中，含苞待放的花朵象徵著青春
(3)To intend to convey or indicate:
含意，意味：
「No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous」(Henry Adams)
「沒有人說出的話全都是他的本意，而極少有人能把自己的本意全部說出來，因為文字的表達可以很含糊，而人的思想可以停滯」(亨利·亞當斯)
(4)To have as a purpose or an intention; intend:
意欲；打算：做為目的或意圖而具有；計劃：
I meant to go running this morning, but I overslept.
我今天早晨本打算去跑步，但是我睡過頭了
(5)To design, intend, or destine for a certain purpose or end:
圖謀，企圖：為特定的目的或結果設計、打算或預定：
a building that was meant for storage; a student who was meant to be a scientist.
預定作倉庫用的大樓；一名注定成為科學家的學生
(6)To have as a consequence; bring about:
造成：作為結果而具有；引起：
Friction means heat.
摩擦起熱
(7)To have the importance or value of:
具有重要性或價值：
The opinions of the critics meant nothing to him. She meant so much to me.
對他來說，批評家們的意見沒有任何意義。她對我來說那麼重要
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed:
有意做，打算：懷有特定用意；被處置：
She means well, despite her blunders.
她用意是好的，儘管她因為無知犯了大錯誤
習慣用語
mean business【非正式用語】
To be in earnest.
急切，迫切
語源
(1)Middle English menen
中古英語 menen
(2)from Old English m?n [to tell of] * see mei-no-
源自 古英語 m?n [告訴] *參見 mei-no-
參考詞彙
(1)mean， denote， import， signify
(2)The central meaning shared by these verbs is 「to convey a particular idea」:
這些動詞共有的中心意思是「解釋某個特定的意思」：
what does the word serendipity mean?
單詞serendipity 是什麼意思？
(3)Pro- may denote 「earlier」 or 「anterior.」
Pro- 可能指「早些」或「在…之前」。
Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love;
費城是個代表兄弟之愛的城市；
that is what its name imports.
那就是它的名字所含有的意義。
A crown signifies royal power.
皇冠表示皇家權力
基本詞義
mean
mean 2
AHD:[m?n]
D.J.[mi8n]
K.K.[min]
adj.（形容詞）
mean.er， mean.est
(1)Selfish in a petty way; unkind.
自私的，小氣的；無情的
(2)Cruel, spiteful, or malicious.
殘酷的、可惡的或懷有惡意的
(3)Ignoble; base:
卑鄙的：
a mean motive.
卑鄙的動機
(4)Miserly; stingy.
自私的；吝嗇的
(5)Low in quality or grade; inferior.
品質或等級低劣的；低級的
(6)Low in value or amount; paltry:
價值或數量低的；微不足道的：
paid no mean amount for the new shoes.
這雙新鞋價格非常低
(7)Common or poor in appearance; shabby:
外表平常或貧窮的；簡陋的：
「The rowhouses had been darkened by the rain and looked meaner and grimmer than ever」(Anne Tyler)
「一排排房屋被雨水澆濕，看上去比以前更加破舊陰暗了」(安妮·泰勒)
(8)Low in social status; of humble origins.
社會地位低下的；出身寒微的
(9)Humiliated or ashamed.
慚愧的，羞愧的
(10)In poor physical condition; sick or debilitated.
身體不好的；有病的，不舒服的
(11)Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable:
惱人的，討厭的：
The meanest storm in years.
這些天來最討厭的暴風雨
(12)Informal Ill-tempered.
【非正式用語】 脾氣壞的
(13)Slang
【俚語】
(14)Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
難對付的；困難的或麻煩的：
He throws a mean fast ball.
他擲一個又快又難以應付的球
(15)Excellent; skillful:
出色的；熟練的：
She plays a mean game of bridge.
她橋牌打得非常出色
語源
(1)Middle English
中古英語
(2)from Old English gem?e [common] * see mei- 1
源自 古英語 gem?e [普通的，平常的] *參見 mei- 1
繼承用法
mean「ly
adv.（副詞）
參考詞彙
(1)mean， low， base， abject， ignoble， sordid
(2)These adjectives mean lacking in the elevation or dignity or falling short of the standards befitting human beings.
這些形容詞都是有缺乏尊嚴或不符合人類的道德標準的含義。
(3)Mean suggests pettiness; it may also connote traits such as spite or niggardliness:
Mean 有心胸狹窄的含義，同時也指帶有惡意或吝嗇：
「chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort」 (Shakespeare).
「被那種狹窄的野心憋得透不過氣來」 （莎士比亞）。
「Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own」 (J.M. Barrie). Something low violates standards of morality, ethics, or propriety:
「千萬不要和比你自己的動機更惡毒的對手較量」 (J.M.巴裡）。Low 的人（或事）違背道德、倫理和禮貌的標準：
low cunning;
卑劣的狡詐；
a low trick.
卑劣的惡作劇。
(4)Base suggests a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency:
Base 指思想卑鄙，讓人蔑視，缺乏人類的自尊：
「that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble」 (Edmund Burke).
「那心甘情願的服從；如果沒有它，你們的軍隊將是一群卑鄙的烏合之眾」 （愛德蒙·伯克）。
(5)Abject means brought low in condition; it often indicates starkness or hopelessness:
Abject 多指因處於嚴酷、無望的狀態下導致的卑鄙行為：
abject submission;
可鄙的屈服；
abject poverty.
可鄙的貧窮。
(6)Ignoble means lacking those qualities, such as elevated moral character, that give human beings distinction of mind and soul:
Ignoble 指缺乏那些使人類思想、心靈和精神高貴的品格，如很高的道德水準：
「For my part I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part」 (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.).
「至於我，我認為一些罪犯的脫逃比政府扮演不光彩角色的罪行還要輕」 （小奧立佛·文德爾·霍姆）。
(7)Sordid suggests foul, repulsive degradation:
Sordid 表示令人厭惡的卑鄙：
「It is through art . . . that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence」 (Oscar Wilde).
「是藝術…使我們能夠避開現實世界卑鄙、骯髒的危險」 （奧斯卡·王爾德）
基本詞義
mean
mean 3
AHD:[m?n]
D.J.[mi8n]
K.K.[min]
n.（名詞）
(1)Something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium.
中等：在位置、品質、條件上處於兩極端中間的；中庸適度
(2)Mathematics
【數學】
(3)A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.
中數：代表一組數的一個數，如幾何中數或算術中數
(4)The average value of a set of numbers.
平均值
(5)Logic The middle term in a syllogism.
【邏輯學】 三段論的中項
(6)means (used with a sing. or pl. verb)A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
means （與單數或複數動詞連用）方法，手段：用於完成一個行動或取得一個結果的方法、手段或工具
(7)means (used with a pl. verb)
means （與複數動詞連用）
(8)Money, property, or other wealth:
金錢，財產或其他富：
You ought to live within your means.
你應該量力為出
(9)Great wealth:
巨大財富：
a woman of means.
富婆
adj.（形容詞）
(1)Occupying a middle or intermediate position between two extremes.
居中的，中間的；中庸的
(2)Intermediate in size, extent, quality, time, or degree; medium.
中等的：在兩極端之間占具中間位置的，居中的
習慣用語
by all means
Without fail; certainly.
當然；當然可以
by any means
In any way possible; in any case:
用盡各種可能的辦法；無論如何：
not by any means an easy opponent.
無論如何也不是一個容易的對手
by means of
With the use of; owing to:
使用；由於：
They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice.
他們靠耐心和犧牲而取得了成功
by no means
In no sense; certainly not:
並沒有；絕不：
This remark by no means should be taken lightly.
這次講話絕不能等閒視之
語源
(1)Middle English mene [middle]
中古英語 mene [中間]
(2)from Old French meien
源自 古法語 meien
(3)from Latin medi3s
源自 拉丁語 medi3s
(4)from medius * see medhyo-
源自 medius *參見 medhyo-
用法
(1)In the sense of 「financial resources」 means takes a plural verb:
在「經濟來源」這個意義上，means 使用的是複數：
His means are more than adequate.
他的財富綽綽有餘。
(2)In the sense of 「a way to an end」 means may be treated as either a singular or plural. It is singular when referring to a particular strategy or method:
從「方法、手段」的意義上講，means 既可以是單數，也可以是複數。 如果指的是個別的方法或策略則是單數：
The best means of securing the cooperation of the builders is to appeal to their self-interest.
保證建造者之間合作的最好辦法就是滿足他們的各自利益。
(3)It is plural when it refers to a group of strategies or methods:
如果指的是一組方法或策略則是複數：
The most effective means for dealing with the drug problem have generally been those suggested by the affected communities. ·
對付毒品問題最有效的辦法是那些受到毒品問題影響的社區所提供的。 ·
(4)Means is most often followed by of :
Means 後面常跟 of ：
a means of noise reduction.
降低噪音的辦法。
(5)But for, to, and toward are also used:
但也跟for，to 和 toward ：
a means for transmitting signals;
傳遞信號的手段；
a means to an end;
達到某個目的的手段；
a means toward achieving social equality.
為實現社會均等而採取的手段
現代英漢詞典
means
[mi:nz]
n.
means
(1)（用作sing.）方法；方式；手段
a means to an end
達到目的的方法
There is no doubt that radio and television are important means of communication.
毫無疑問,收音機和電視是信息交流的重要工具。
The local army men helped the victims of the earthquake by every means at their command.
當地的軍人用一切可能辦法幫助地震災民。
He climbed the tree by means of a ladder.
他用梯子爬上了樹。
(2)收入；財富
He wants to go to college, but his family haven't the means to help him.
他想上大學，可是他家沒錢幫助他。
習慣用語
by all means
一定；務必
現代英漢綜合大辭典
means
[mi:nz]
n.
[復]
(1)[用作單或復]方法, 手段; 工具
(2)財力, 收入, 資產; 金錢, 財富
Are there any means of getting there?
有什麼方法可以到那裡嗎?
The quickest means of travel is by plane.
最快的旅行途徑是乘飛機。
Have you the means to support a wife?
你有錢養活妻子嗎?
習慣用語
by all means
(1)(表示同意)當然可以, 沒問題
(2)務必; 勿論如何; 不惜一切地; 千方百計地
by any means
[口]用一切可能的方法或手段
by fair means or foul
不擇手段地
by means of
通過; 用; 借助於
by no means
決不, 一點也不
by some means (or other)
想個辦法; 以某種方法
by this means
用這種方法
by what means
怎樣
leave no means untried
想盡一切辦法
live beyond one's means
過著超過自已收入的生活
live within one's means
量入為出地(生活)
narrow means
窮困
not by any means
一點也不, 絕對不
The end justifies the means.
[諺]只要目的正當, 可以不擇手段。
means to an end
達到目的的手段
特殊用法
antihunt means
(1)防振設備
(2)寄生振蕩消除器
(3)穩定方法
(4)穩定器, 阻尼器
anti-sweeping means of mine
水雷反掃器材
audio-visual education means
視聽教育手段
automatic control means
自動控制手段
auxiliary means
(1)輔助平均值
(2)輔助工具
beam splitting means
分色器
clamping means
夾緊方法
cleaning means
清洗工具, 修整工具
command means
指揮手段
compulsive means
強制手段
conspiratorial means
陰謀手段
controlling means
調節裝置, 控制設備, 控制方法
conveyor guide means
輸送機導向裝置
cooling means
冷卻裝置, 冷卻方法
debris loading means
裝碴工具
delivery means
投射手段
dipping coil primary means
電磁式檢測設備
domestic means of payment
【金融】國內支付手段
electrooptical means of communication
電光通訊工具
engaging means
接通機構
epistemic means
【哲】認識手段
evacuation means
【軍】後送工具
expedient crossing means
就便渡河器材
foreign means of payment
國外支付手段
fraudulent means
欺詐手段
fuel charging means
燃料供送器, 燃料加料器
ground means of transportation
地面運輸設備
guide means
導向裝置
heating means
(1)加熱方法
(2)加熱設備
hydrodynamic means
水力動力法(一種高速成形法)
illegal means
不法手段
immediate means
直接方法
improvised means
應用器材
information storage means
信息存儲方法
intelligence means
情報手段
interim means
臨時(中間)措施
intermediate means
中間設備, 中間手段
intuitional means
直觀手段
judicial means
【律】司法方法
lawful means
合法手段
legal means
合法手段
logic means
邏輯方法
material means of warfare
戰爭物資
measuring means
(1)量度工具, 測量裝置, 測量器
(2)測量方法
military means
軍事手段
military communication means
軍事通信手段
minelaying means
佈雷手段
movable means of communication
可移動通信工具
national means of verification
國家核查手段
navigational means
導航儀表和設備
optical means
光學方法, 光學裝置
original means of production
【經濟】原始的生產手段
ownership of productive means
【經濟】生產資料所有制
photo-reproduction means
照相複製設備
physical means
物質手段
polarizing means
定位裝置
poor means of transportation
運輸呆滯
popularisation means
宣傳工具
practice means
實用方法
private means
工資以外的收入
private owership of productive means
【經濟】生產資料私有制
protecting means
保護裝置, 保險裝置
public owership of productive means
【經濟】生產資料公有制
pulse-generating means
脈衝振蕩裝置, 脈衝發生器
reconnaissance means
偵察手段
regulation means
調整方法
setting means
對時方法
signal-generating means
信號發生法
slender means
小額本錢, 小額財產
stirring means
(1)攪拌方法
(2)攪拌裝置
storage means
存儲方法
supplementary means
輔助手段
teaching means
教學手段
terroristic means
恐怖手段
time delay correction means
時間延遲校正方法
unlawful means
非[不]法手段
visible means
有形財產
means of acquisition
營利手段
means of circulation
流通手段
means of classification
分類方法
means of communication
通訊工具[手段]
means of consumption
消費資料
means of conveyance
運輸工具; 運輸資料
means of economic policy
經濟政策手段
means of exchange
交易手段, 交易工具
means of fastening
加固方法(貨物或集裝箱裝車)
means of fire
射擊手段
means of hoard
貯藏手段
means of illumination
照明方法; 照明設備
means of investigation
偵察手段
means of labour
勞動手段, 勞動資料
means of line communication
有線通信設備
means of liquidity
靈活資金
means of livelihood
生活資料
means of logistic command
後勤指揮手段
means of medical evacuation
醫療後送工具
means of operation
作戰手段
means of payment
支付工具, 支付手段
means of production
生產手段, 生產工具, 生產資料
means of purchase
購買手段
means of random variables
隨機變數的平均數
means of recourse
追索辦法
means of subsistence
生活資料, 謀生手段
means of support
(1)支承方法
(2)支承裝置
means of traffic support
交通保障手段
means of transportation
運輸工具
means of transportation for the sick and wounded serviceman
傷病員運輸工具
美國傳統詞典
mean
mean 1
AHD:[m?n]
D.J.[mi8n]
K.K.[min]
v.
meant[mμnt] mean.ing, means
v.tr.
(1)To be used to convey; denote:
「『The question is,』 said Alice, 『whether you can make words mean so many different things』」 (Lewis Carroll)
(2)To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
In this poem, the budding flower means youth.
(3)To intend to convey or indicate:
「No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous」(Henry Adams)
(4)To have as a purpose or an intention; intend:
I meant to go running this morning, but I overslept.
(5)To design, intend, or destine for a certain purpose or end:
a building that was meant for storage; a student who was meant to be a scientist.
(6)To have as a consequence; bring about:
Friction means heat.
(7)To have the importance or value of:
The opinions of the critics meant nothing to him. She meant so much to me.
v.intr.
To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed:
She means well, despite her blunders.
習慣用語
mean businessInformal
To be in earnest.
語源
(1)Middle English menen
(2)from Old English m?n [to tell of] * see mei-no-
參考詞彙
(1)mean, denote, import, signify
(2)The central meaning shared by these verbs is 「to convey a particular idea」:
what does the word serendipity mean?
(3)Pro- may denote 「earlier」 or 「anterior.」
Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love;
that is what its name imports.
A crown signifies royal power.
基本詞義
mean
mean 2
AHD:[m?n]
D.J.[mi8n]
K.K.[min]
adj.
mean.er, mean.est
(1)Selfish in a petty way; unkind.
(2)Cruel, spiteful, or malicious.
(3)Ignoble; base:
a mean motive.
(4)Miserly; stingy.
(5)Low in quality or grade; inferior.
(6)Low in value or amount; paltry:
paid no mean amount for the new shoes.
(7)Common or poor in appearance; shabby:
「The rowhouses had been darkened by the rain and looked meaner and grimmer than ever」(Anne Tyler)
(8)Low in social status; of humble origins.
(9)Humiliated or ashamed.
(10)In poor physical condition; sick or debilitated.
(11)Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable:
The meanest storm in years.
(12)Informal Ill-tempered.
(13)Slang
(14)Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
He throws a mean fast ball.
(15)Excellent; skillful:
She plays a mean game of bridge.
語源
(1)Middle English
(2)from Old English gem?e [common] * see mei- 1
繼承用法
mean「ly
adv.
參考詞彙
(1)mean, low, base, abject, ignoble, sordid
(2)These adjectives mean lacking in the elevation or dignity or falling short of the standards befitting human beings.
(3)Mean suggests pettiness; it may also connote traits such as spite or niggardliness:
「chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort」 (Shakespeare).
「Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own」 (J.M. Barrie). Something low violates standards of morality, ethics, or propriety:
low cunning;
a low trick.
(4)Base suggests a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency:
「that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble」 (Edmund Burke).
(5)Abject means brought low in condition; it often indicates starkness or hopelessness:
abject submission;
abject poverty.
(6)Ignoble means lacking those qualities, such as elevated moral character, that give human beings distinction of mind and soul:
「For my part I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part」 (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.).
(7)Sordid suggests foul, repulsive degradation:
「It is through art . . . that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence」 (Oscar Wilde).
基本詞義
mean
mean 3
AHD:[m?n]
D.J.[mi8n]
K.K.[min]
n.
(1)Something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium.
(2)Mathematics
(3)A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.
(4)The average value of a set of numbers.
(5)Logic The middle term in a syllogism.
(6)means (used with a sing. or pl. verb)A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
(7)means (used with a pl. verb)
(8)Money, property, or other wealth:
You ought to live within your means.
(9)Great wealth:
a woman of means.
adj.
(1)Occupying a middle or intermediate position between two extremes.
(2)Intermediate in size, extent, quality, time, or degree; medium.
習慣用語
by all means
Without fail; certainly.
by any means
In any way possible; in any case:
not by any means an easy opponent.
by means of
With the use of; owing to:
They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice.
by no means
In no sense; certainly not:
This remark by no means should be taken lightly.
語源
(1)Middle English mene [middle]
(2)from Old French meien
(3)from Latin medi3s
(4)from medius * see medhyo-
用法
(1)In the sense of 「financial resources」 means takes a plural verb:
His means are more than adequate.
(2)In the sense of 「a way to an end」 means may be treated as either a singular or plural. It is singular when referring to a particular strategy or method:
The best means of securing the cooperation of the builders is to appeal to their self-interest.
(3)It is plural when it refers to a group of strategies or methods:
The most effective means for dealing with the drug problem have generally been those suggested by the affected communities. ·
(4)Means is most often followed by of :
a means of noise reduction.
(5)But for, to, and toward are also used:
a means for transmitting signals;
a means to an end;
a means toward achieving social equality.
英漢航海大詞典
by all means
prep.無論如何,務必
英漢環境大詞典
by all means
n.無論如何,必定
英漢化學大詞典
by all means
adv.當然,無論如何
英漢經貿大詞典
by all means
n.無論如何,必定
英漢能源大詞典
by all means
n.無論如何,必定