| 单词 | means |
| 释义 | meansmeans /minz/ ●●○ W3 noun 1METHOD [countable] a method, system, object, etc. that you use as a way of achieving a result: means of a new means of financing highways Bicycles are an environmentally friendly means of transportation. Bird songs are a means of communication.a means of doing something The only effective means of controlling this disease is vaccination. They entered the store by illegal means. They were told to use any means possible to achieve their task. Critics were silenced by means of (=using the method of) imprisonment.2MONEY [plural] the money or income that you have: means to do something The school does not have the means to pay for music lessons. Houses in this area are beyond the means (=cost more money than they have) of most people. We’re struggling to live within our means (=only spend the money we have, and no more).a man/woman of means (=someone who is rich)3by all means spoken used to mean “of course” when politely allowing someone to do something or agreeing with a suggestion: If you have binoculars, by all means take them along.4by no means (also not by any means) not at all: The game is by no means over. She’s not a bad kid, by any means.5a means to an end something that you do only to achieve a result, not because you want to do it: Technology is not a magic wand, but only a means to an end.6the means of production social studies, economics the materials, tools, and equipment that are used in the production of goods → see also by fair means or foul at fair1 (18), ways and means at way1 (47) |
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