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n.意义,含意,意图,[逻]内涵 adj.意味深长的

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/'mi:nɪŋ; `minɪŋ/ n
1 [U, C] what is conveyed or signified; sense 意思; 意义; 含义
*You can't say that these sounds have no meaning. 不能说这些声音全无意义.
* a word with many distinct meanings 有许多含义的词
* signals with certain fixed meanings 代表某些固定意义的信号.
2 [U] purpose; significance 目的; 重要性
*My life seems to have lost all meaning. 我的生活似乎已毫无目标.
* a glance full of meaning 意味深长的一瞥.

adj full of meaning; significant 意味深长的; 有意义的
*a meaning look, gesture, etc 意味深长的神态、姿势等.

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n
1【of a word/sign etc】
2【ideas in speech/book etc】
3 what's the meaning of this?
4【purpose/special quality】
5【true nature】
6 (not) know the meaning of something
【OF A WORD/SIGN ETC】 [U and C]
the thing or idea that a word, expression, or sign represents
meaning of
 I don't know the precise meaning of the word 'gleaned'.
 The expression has two very different meanings in English.
【IDEAS IN SPEECH/BOOK ETC】 [U and C]
the thoughts or ideas that someone wants you to understand from what they say, do, write etc
meaning of
 The meaning of her words was clear. We'd lost our jobs.
meaning behind
 She hardly dared to understand the meaning behind his statement.
get/understand sb's meaning
(=understand what they are trying to tell you)
 He's become a bit more than a friend, if you get my meaning.
what's the meaning of this?
spoken used to demand an explanation
 What's the meaning of this? I asked you to be here an hour ago!
【PURPOSE/SPECIAL QUALITY】[U]
the quality that makes life, work etc seem to have a purpose or value
 Life seemed to have lost its meaning since Janet's death.
 Her studies no longer seemed to have any meaning .
 For many people it is religion that gives meaning to their existence.
【TRUE NATURE】[U]
the true nature and importance of something
meaning of
 We seem to have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas.
(not) know the meaning of sth
to have, or not have, experience and understanding of a particular situation or feeling
 Living in a warzone, the children knew the meaning of fear.
 Guilty! She doesn't know the meaning of the word!
1. If, in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning.
    一句话,如果美有某种意义的话,我闪千万不要去阐明它的意义。

2. They had a definite meaning, for they were as near as early man could get to writing.
    它们有着一定的含义,因为它们已接近古代人的文字形式。

3. The old system was more of a piling system, meaning piling everything on my desk-a very good way of organization.
    那个说到底只是个堆积系统,就是把什么都堆放在我的桌子上--只是安排得还算不错。

4. Helen learned to make the movements, but she did not understand their meaning.
    海伦学会了比划,但她并没有明白其中的含义。

5. He moved all three matches from east to west and said that was what should be done — meaning that much of the new Poland should be carved out of Germany and that the Soviet Union should retain the Polish territory seized on the basis of the Nazi-Sovi
    他把三根火柴全部从东部移到了西部,并且说这就是应该做的事——意思是新波兰的大部分从德国分离出来,苏联应当继续保留根据德苏条约侵占的波兰领土。

6. "Millionaire" is one of those words from a fairy tale that has no meaning to me whatsoever — like the words "emigration" and "Canada."
    象"移民"和"加拿大"这两个词一样,"百万富翁"对我来说只是童话故事词汇中的一个没有任何意义的词而已。

7. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win.
    参加比赛就是为了取胜。如果不拚命去赢,比赛就没有什么意义了。

8. Love is meant to bring meaning into life where nonsense appears to rule.
    爱应该给我们这充满荒谬的生活带来意义。

9. If beauty means something,yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning.
    如果美有某种意义的话, 我们千万不要设法去阐明它的意义.

10. It doesn´t seem to have much meaning.
    它看来没有多大意义。

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