中學英語詞彙是英語的常用詞。
熟練掌握中學詞彙，就能流利説英語。
今天我們來學習mean和means的用法。
請熟讀例句到會説：
不規則動詞：meant, meant
表示…的意思，意思是；本意是，打算，意欲
吝嗇的，小氣的；不善良，刻薄
中間，中庸；折中，平均數，平均值
What do you mean by that?
你這話是什麼意思？
I can't understand what you mean.
我不明白你的意思。
To be beautiful means to be yourself.
美麗就是做你自己。
I thought it was really mean of him not to let her use the car.
我覺得他不讓她用車真是太小氣了。
I hated him. He was hyper-critical and mean.
我恨他。他吹毛求疵，刻薄無情。
注意：
mean後面用動詞不定式和動名詞作賓語表達不同意思：
mean to do 打算做某事；本意是想要做某事
mean doing 意味着
I didn't mean to offend you.
我絕無冒犯之意。
I didn't mean to break it - it was an accident.
我不是故意弄壞的-這是意外。
Sometimes love means taking a step back.
有時候愛意味着退讓一步。
This new order will mean working overtime.
這個新訂單意味着加班。
Ava felt obligated to help her mother, even if it meant leaving college.
艾娃覺得有義務幫助她的母親，即使這意味着要離開大學。
be meant （to do）照道理【照規矩】應該
She was meant for an engineer.
她註定要當工程師。
The party was meant to be a surprise, but Sharon gave it away.
派對本來是個驚喜，但莎倫卻把它泄露出去了。
方式，方法，途徑
He tried every means to make himself understood.
他想盡一切辦法使自己得到理解。
The train is a safe means of transportation.
火車是一種安全的交通工具。
我們用介詞by和means搭配：
The water may be carried by means of a pipe.
水可以用管子輸送。
She tried to explain by means of sign language.
她試圖用手語來解釋。
We haven't won yet, not by any means.
我們還沒有贏，絕對沒有。
This is not easily accomplished, by any means.
無論如何，這是不容易做到的。
That was by no means the end of the matter.
這決不是問題的結束。
The problem is by no means peculiar to America.
這個問題決不是美國特有的。
By no means is she an inexperienced teacher.
她決不是一個沒有經驗的老師。
By no means did I mean for this to happen.
我決不是有意讓這種事發生。
By no means在句首，屬於否定狀語在句首，要用倒裝句型。