meaning
You mistook my meaning entirely.
你完全误解了我的意思。
We talked for hours about the meaning of life.
我们谈人生的意义谈了几个小时。
You can't ascribe the same meaning to both words.
不要认为这两个词的意思是相同的。
He is trying his best to understand his meaning.
他正在尽力弄明白他的意思。
Every word the professor said was freight ed with meaning.
教授的每一句话都是意味深长的。
These words are empty of meaning.
这些话毫无意义。
Contextual clues can help one to find the meaning.
上下文所提供的线索有助于了解其意义。
This battle is of historic meaning.
这一战具有历史意义。
The etymological meaning of the word has long died out.
这个词早已失去了它原来的意思。
I want to bring out the meaning of the poem.
我想讲一下这首诗的意义。
There are several layers of meaning.
有几层不同的含意。
A different wording might make the meaning clearer.
换一种说法意思可能清楚些。
Don't play on words, I can't catch the meaning.
你不要玩文字游戏，我不懂。
She glanced at him with meaning.
她有意地瞧了他一眼。
She made her meaning crystal clear.
她把她的意思解释得清清楚楚。
Can you explain the meaning of these foreign words?
你能解释这些外文词的意思吗？
Your meaning didn't really get across.
你的意思别人并未真正理解。
"Oh!" Her soft little cry was charged with meaning.
她"啊"的一声轻叫，却有深长的意味。
Do you mean say we are met for a thunder storm?
你肯定我们会遇到一场雷雨？
I feel mean for not doing more for my son.
我对没为我儿子多做点事而感到惭愧。
Defeat in this election would mean he was done for.
这场选举的失败意味着他政治生涯的结束。
By power we mean the rate of doing work.
我们说功率就是指做功的速率。
At last they managed to puzzle out the meaning of the cipher.
最后他们终于弄清楚这符号是什么意思。
Data whose meaning is concealed from unauthorized users.
对于非授权用户其意义是隐蔽的数据。
I have no conception of what you mean.
我想不出你的意思是什么。
The mean yearly rainfall is20 inches.
每年平均降雨量是二十英寸。
He was drivelling on about the meaning of life.
他喋喋不休地胡诌什麽人生的意义。
Do you mean Miss Anne Smith or Miss Mary Smith?
你指的是安·史密斯小姐还是玛丽·史密斯小姐？
I cannot fathom his meaning.
我不能彻底了解他的意思。
It is difficult to convey delicate shade of meaning in a translation.
在译文中传达意义上精微的差别是很不容易的。
Taxpayer: what do you mean by the method of derivation?
纳税人：什么是以支出换算收入？
I have no idea (as to) what you mean.
我一点儿也不明白你的意思。
Do you mean to close with his offer?
你准备接受他开出的价钱吗？
I didn't mean for you to read the letter.
我并没有要你说读那封信。
Don't be too hard on him; he didn't mean to do it.
不要对他太严厉，他并不是故意这么做的。
It is no easy thing to get at the meaning of every idiom.
要闹清楚每个习惯用语的意思是不容易的。
Classical music have so much more depth and meaning.
古典音乐深得多，有意义得多。
She didn't really get her meaning over to her audience.
她并未真正把意思向听众讲清楚。
He says his life has lost meaning since his wife died.
他说自他太太死后，他活着已经没有什么意义。
She makes mean little digs at him.
她冲他说一些刻薄的挖苦话。
I'm not joking; I mean business.
我不是在开玩笑，我是认真的。
I'm sorry I hurt you: I didn't mean to.
对不起，我弄伤了你; 我不是故意的。
Please continue; I didn't mean to interrupt.
请往下说，我不是有意打断你的话的。
The flashing lights mean that the road is blocked.
那闪动的灯光表示此路不通。
The meaning of this passage seems quite transparent.
这一段的意思看来是相当清楚的。
Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.
战争的持续意味着食品短缺。
A dictionary tells you what words mean.
词典是解释词义的工具书。
The meaning of the poem doesn't really come out in his interpretation.
他并没有把这首诗的意义真正揭示出来。
They do not know what the words mean.
他们不知道这些字的意思是什么。
I call his behaviour mean and selfish.
我认为他的行为卑鄙、 自私。