- mean指“意欲”时,可接不定式,但不接动名词。
I mean to make his acquaintance.
我想和他熟悉了解下。
- mean前可与介词by搭配。
By that word is meant something different.
- mean表示“(某词或某语)作什么解释”,用“What does ...mean?”。
What does 'fruit' mean?
- mean后可接双宾语。
They mean us no harm.
他们不想伤害我们。
- What do youmean?使用比How do youmean?普遍,有时还可表示生气或抗议。
What do you mean, I can't sing?
你什么意思?我不能唱歌?
- in themeantime同in themeantime都指“在此期间”,也同副词形式的meantime,meanwhile同义,表示相同意思的还有in themeanwhile以及in themeanwhile。现使用比较普遍的有in themeantime和meanwhile;
- nomean指“相当的,很好的”,用时句中可不加不定冠词。
He is no mean cricketer.
他是个很好的板球运动员。
- “Imean..."作句子开头时,通常是要开始做一个附加资料的介绍或是解释,属非正式格式。