meaningfully
■"In the family way" is an old-fashioned expression meaning "pregnant".
"In the family way"是一种老式的表达方式,意为"怀孕"。
■"Nuts" meaning "mad" is a colloquialism.
"nuts"作"mad"解,是一种口语用法。
■"I'm so sorry, " she said. "I really have been meaning to pay you." She explained that her husband had come home one night and announced he'd found a cheaper apartment. He'd also gotten a night job.
"我很抱歉,"她说,"我真的一直想付你钱,"她解释说,丈夫有一天晚上回家,说他找到了一个便宜点的公寓,也找到了一份晚上干的工作。
■Contextual clues can help one to find the meaning.
上下文所提供的线索有助于了解其意义。
■Lacking meaning; unintelligible.
不明白的; 难以理解的
■Don't be too hard on him; he didn't mean to do it.
不要对他太严厉,他并不是故意这么做的。
■You can't ascribe the same meaning to both words.
不要认为这两个词的意思是相同的。
■I'll get that letter written now, while I think on; I've been meaning to do it for a week.
乘着我还记得,现在就把信写了; 这一周一直打算写这封信。
■Everyone thinks that Bob is a very handsome boy, but he is very mean too. Handsome is as handsome does.
人们都认为鲍勃是个漂亮小伙子,其实他很小气,做得漂亮才是真漂亮。
■I can see by the gun in his hand that the robber mean business.
从他手里的枪我知道这个抢劫者不是在开玩笑。
■They do not know what the words mean.
他们不知道这些字的意思是什么。
■He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values.
他们对生活的意义和它永恒的精神价值变得更具欣赏力了。
■He only said it in fun he didn't really mean it.
他只是说著玩儿--并非真是那个意思。
■He is so mean, he won't let his little baby have more than one measle at a time.
他吝啬极了,竟然不肯让他的小婴孩一次出一粒以上的麻疹。
■He was drivelling on about the meaning of life.
他喋喋不休地胡诌什麽人生的意义。
■He was uncertain about the meaning of the sentence.
他对那句子的意思不能确定。
■He's too perishing mean to pay his share.
他小气极了,连自己的那份钱也不付。
■The meaning of the poem doesn't really come out in his interpretation.
他并没有把这首诗的意义真正揭示出来。
■He winked meaningfully to her.
他意味深长地向她挤挤眼。
■He glanced at her meaningfully.
他意味深长地看了她一眼。
■His refusal to give you that job doesn't necessarily mean that you won't get it. I know him quite well, and there are wheels within wheels.
他拒绝给你那份工作,并不一定意味着你就得不到。我很了解他,那里的人事关系很复杂。
■He is a man of great common sense and good taste- meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
他是个非常有常识和高尚嗜好的人——这意味着没有独创性、也没有道义上的勇气。
■He is trying his best to understand his meaning.
他正在尽力弄明白他的意思。
■His difficult style obscures his meaning.
他深奥的文体使他的意思晦涩难懂。
■Did he mean (that) he was dissatisfied with our service?
他的意思是不满意我们的服务吗?
■His wife is so mean that if he gave her a crutch, she'd go and bread her bloody leg.
他老婆吝啬到这样子:假如他给了她一根拐杖,他会蠢到把她那臭腿折断的。
■He may be stupid and mean, but his one saving grace is his humour.
他虽说又愚蠢又吝啬,但他有幽默的长处。
■He spoke on the meaning of communism and the way to serve the people.
他讲了共产主义是怎么回事以及应如何为人民服务。
■He spoke for a long time but his meaning did not really come across.
他讲了很长时间,但他的意思没有人真正理解。
■His words had a hidden meaning.
他话里有话。
■He says his life has lost meaning since his wife died.
他说自他太太死后,他活着已经没有什么意义。
■What did he mean by that remark?
他那样说是什麽意思?
■Don't play on words, I can't catch the meaning.
你不要玩文字游戏,我不懂。
■It was very mean of you not to let the children play in the snow.
你不让孩子们在雪地里玩,真是管得太紧了。
■Have you got at the meaning of what he said?
你们了解他话里的意思了吗?
■Do you mean that you got it for nothing?
你免费得到它的吗?
■Do you mean to close with his offer?
你准备接受他开出的价钱吗?
■You alluded to certain developments in your speech what exactly did you mean?
你在讲话中提到某些发展--确切的意思是什么呢?
■You mistook my meaning entirely.
你完全误解了我的意思。
■Do you mean Miss Anne Smith or Miss Mary Smith?
你指的是安·史密斯小姐还是玛丽·史密斯小姐?
■Do you mean I have to get a visa?
你是说我务必去弄一份签证?
■You mean you did it all on your tod (ie without help)?
你是说这都是你独自一人做的?
■Your meaning didn't really get across.
你的意思别人并未真正理解。
■Do you mean to say that if we entrust you with the agency, you will sell$1,000, 000 each year?
你的意思是说如果我们指定你们为代理,你将每年销售100万美元?
■The meaning of your visit was translated to me as a sign of your affection.
你的拜访对我来说是一种光荣。
■Do you mean say we are met for a thunder storm?
你肯定我们会遇到一场雷雨?
■Can you explain the meaning of these foreign words?
你能解释这些外文词的意思吗?
■You must find a mean between frankness and rudeness.
你要在坦诚与唐突之间取其中。
■Just try getting money out of him! ie He is very mean.
你试试看,叫他掏腰包!
■What do you mean, he can't afford it? He's absolutely rolling (in money)!
你这是怎麽说,他负担不起? 他可有的是钱!