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means (instrument or condition for attaining a purpose)
noun
[UK: miːnz]
[US: ˈmiːnz]

方法 /fāngfǎ/noun

mean [meant, meant, meaning, means] (to convey, indicate)
verb
[UK: miːn]
[US: ˈmiːn]

意味 /yìwèi/verb

是……的意思 /shì ... de yìsi/verb

mean [meant, meant, meaning, means] (to signify)
verb
[UK: miːn]
[US: ˈmiːn]

……的意思是…… /... de yìsi shì .../verb

means of production (combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor)
noun

生产工具 /shēngchǎn gōngjù/noun

生产资料 /shēngchǎn zīliào/noun

生產工具noun

生產資料noun

means test (inquiry into the financial position of a person)
noun
[UK: miːnz ˈtest]
[US: ˈmiːnz ˈtest]

經濟情況調查noun

经济情况调查 /jīngjì qíngkuàng diàochá/noun

arithmetic mean [arithmetic means] (measure of central tendency)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈrɪθ.mə.tɪk miːn]
[US: ˌe.ˌrɪθ.ˈme.tɪk ˈmiːn]

算术平均值 /suànshù píngjūnzhí/noun

算術平均值noun

by all means (emphatically yes, definitely)
preposition
[UK: baɪ ɔːl miːnz]
[US: baɪ ɔːl ˈmiːnz]

千万 /qiānwàn/preposition

千萬preposition

by means of (By using)
preposition
[UK: baɪ miːnz əv ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]
[US: baɪ ˈmiːnz əv ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

以 /yǐ/preposition

依靠 /yīkào/preposition

借着 /jièzhe/preposition

用 /yòng/preposition

藉著preposition

by no means (certainly not)
preposition
[UK: baɪ nəʊ miːnz]
[US: baɪ ˈnoʊ ˈmiːnz]

决不 /juébù/preposition

決不preposition

絕不preposition

绝不 /juébù/preposition

geometric mean [geometric means] (measure of central tendency)
noun
[UK: ˌdʒɪə.ˈme.trɪk miːn]
[US: ˌdʒiə.ˈme.trɪk ˈmiːn]

几何中项noun

几何平均数 /jǐhé píngjūnshù/noun

幾何平均數noun

harmonic mean [harmonic means] (type of average)
noun
[UK: hɑː.ˈmɒ.nɪk miːn]
[US: harˈmɑː.nɪk ˈmiːn]

調和平均數noun

调和平均数 /tiáohé píngjūnshù/noun

the end justifies the means (morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary)
phrase
[UK: ðə end ˈdʒʌ.stɪ.faɪz ðə miːnz]
[US: ðə ˈend ˈdʒʌ.stə.ˌfaɪz ðə ˈmiːnz]

kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn/phrase

只要目的正当,可以不择手段 /zhǐyào mùdì zhèngdàngphrase

只要目的正當,可以不擇手段phrase