- 1vA2/ment/mean 的過去式
The past tense and past participle of 'mean' — used to talk about what something stood for, what someone wanted to say, or what someone planned to do.
The past tense and past participle of 'mean''mean'的過去式與過去分詞 used to talk about用來談論 what something stood for某件事代表什麼 what someone wanted to say某人想說什麼 or what someone planned to do或某人打算做什麼
示範例句 · Example
Sorry, I didn't know what that word meant.
逐字抱歉,我之前不知道那個字是什麼意思。
「meant」就是動詞 mean 的過去式和過去分詞,唸法跟 mean 不同,是短短的 /ment/,不是 /miːnt/。它一樣有三個方向:表示某個意思(The red light meant stop)、想表達的意思(I meant to say sorry 我本來想說的是抱歉)、本來打算做某事(I meant to call you 我本來想打給你)。be meant to 還可以表示「應該」或「本來是要…的」。
常見搭配
mean to do something
打算做某事
to plan or intend to do something
I meant to thank you earlier.
be meant to be something
本來應該是、預計是
to be planned or supposed to be a certain thing
The party was meant to be a secret.
didn't mean it
不是故意的
did not say or do it on purpose
I'm sorry — I really didn't mean it.
意思相近
indicatedsignifiedintendedimplied
core核心畫面
Just the past form of 'mean' — the same idea, only looking back at something already said, already intended, or already standing for something.
意思相近
indicatedsignifiedintendedimplied
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。