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meant

/ment/US // mɛnt //UK // (mɛnt) //

意味着,意指,意思是,意思是说

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : simple past tense and past participle of mean.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbsignify, convey

Examples

  • Before purchasing, note that it’s more meant for blow drying, straightening, or creating big, full waves rather than tighter curls.

  • I meant no harm by it, but I remembered how this person talked, and I did it for my Mom and she was not into it.

  • Nothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.

  • Who knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”

  • The Moscow protest was not sanctioned, which meant every participant risked arrest.

  • In general, their presence is meant to throw you off your game by design.

  • This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.

  • You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.

  • He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.

  • That woman meant mischief, or she would never have dared to suggest that a British officer should throw in his lot with hers.

  • But, without telling me what she meant to do, mother took it all to the Casino—and—it followed the rest.