means |mi?nz| 1) n、方法,途徑 2) n、財富 3) n、意思是,意味著(第三人稱單數形式)
一、感受單詞本質
1、英文釋義
①N-COUNT A means of doing something is a method,instrument,or process which can be used to do it、Means is both the singular and the plural form for this use、方法;手段;過程
例句:The move is a means to fight crime、
這個行動是打擊犯罪的一種手段。
②N-PLURAL You can refer to the money that someone has as their means、財富
例句:、、、a person of means、一個富有的人
2、常見搭配
①by means of用,依靠by any means無論如何by no means決不
②means of communication通訊工具[手段]
3、近義詞:ways方式,方法methods方法
4、單詞感覺:“有意義的,行得通的賺錢方式方法”
二.記住單詞含義
mean-s(methods方式,方式,途徑)→掌握了賺錢的方法→財富,方式,途徑
三、學習單詞應用
真題例句:Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed--and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe、(2005-翻譯)
參考譯文:電視是制造和表達這些情緒的方式之一,在加強不同民族和國家之間的聯(lián)系方面,電視也許還從來沒有像在歐洲事務中那樣起過如此大的作用。