meanings

英 [ˈmiːnɪŋz]

美 [ˈminɪŋz]

n.  (声音、文字、信号等传递的)意义，意思; (想要表达的)意义; 真正重要性; 价值
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柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 意思;意义;含义
  Themeaningof a word, expression, or gesture is the thing or idea that it refers to or represents and which can be explained using other words.
  1. I hadn't a clue to the meaning of 'activism'...
     我根本不明白 activism 的意思。
  2. I became more aware of the symbols and their meanings.
     我进一步理解了这些符号及其意义。
• N-VAR (言语、书、电影等的)含义，主旨，意图
  Themeaningof what someone says or of something such as a book or film is the thoughts or ideas that are intended to be expressed by it.
  1. Unsure of the meaning of this remark, Ryle chose to remain silent...
     由于不确定这句话究竟是什么意思，赖尔选择了保持沉默。
  2. Her book is not without autobiographical meaning.
     她的书不无为自己作传的意图。
• N-UNCOUNT (活动、行为等的)意义，价值
  If an activity or action hasmeaning, it has a purpose and is worthwhile.
  1. Art has real meaning when it helps people to understand themselves.
     当艺术有助于人们了解自身的时候才有真正的意义。
  2. ...a challenge that gives meaning to life.
     使生活变得有意义的挑战
• PHRASE (由于缺乏经历、资质等)不理解这个词的含义，不知道什么叫…
  If you mention something and say that someonedoesn't know the meaning of the word, you are emphasizing that they have never experienced the thing mentioned or do not have the quality mentioned.
  1. Don't mention failure when Kevin is around. He doesn't know the meaning of the word.
     凯文在的时候不要提“失败”这个词。他不知道什么叫“失败”。

双语例句

• Can you match the words with their meanings?
  你能把这些单词和它们的意思配对吗？
• Many kinds of meanings of value were introduced, and a new concept of packaging value was concluded.
  介绍了价值的多种含义，并归纳提出了包装价值的新概念。
• Match the English words with right Chinese meanings.
  把所给的英文单词和正确的中文意思进行匹配。
• But competition and competitiveness have different meanings in different contexts.
  但在不同的环境下，竞争和竞争力有不同的含义。
• The meanings expressed by literary language can be divided into the surface meaning and the deep meaning.
  文学语言所表达的意义可以分为表层意义和深层意义。
• The colors and patterns on their "painter" faces have some symbolic meanings.
  花脸上的图案和颜色有一定的象征意义。
• The paper also proposes a term "semantic unit" for the analysis and comparison of lexical meanings.
  文章还提出了“义元”这一术语，并用于词义的分析和比较。
• This is because many pairs of words and phrases have similar meanings in English.
  这是因为英语中有许多对单词和词组有相近的意思。
• The English Loanwords borrowed through Cantonese exert significant influence on the meanings and forms of mandarin.
  粤语源英语外来词的特点对普通话中的新词语在内容和形式上都产生了重要的影响。
• In different cultures food has different meanings, different uses and different rules.
  不同的文化中食物有着不同的含义，不同的用途和不同的规则。