He was meant for [to be] a doctor.

本来是准备把他培养成为医生的。

Don’t get me wrong. I just meant to say that he is very thrifty.

别误会，我的意思是说他很节俭。

Most small towns would have gladly forfeited some of their homespun values if it meant luring a firm there(William Mueller)

大多数小城镇都会乐意牺牲一些他们朴实的价值观，如果这意味着可以把公司引诱到当地来(威廉·米勒)

He remains unrepentant-he meant every word

但他至今仍然不后悔--他绝不收回说过的话。

Contemporary design has a strongly scenographic appeal,as if modern rooms were meant to be stage sets(Los Angeles Times)

当代设计对具有舞台布景的透视画法有很大的兴趣，这就如同现代的房间(洛杉矶时报)

That meant , of course, he could not work without those parts.

当然，没有了那些零件，也就是意味着他没法工作。

The opinions of the critics meant nothing to him. She meant so much to me.

对他来说，批评家们的意见没有任何意义。她对我来说那么重要

Life to him meant action rather than thought.

对于他来说，生活意味着做实事，而不是空想。

What did you think I meant ?

否则你以为我指的是什么?

It’s no use telling them the dangers of smoking, because they’ll just snap their fingers at the well-meant advice.

告诉他们抽烟的危害是没有用的，因为他们会把忠告当耳边风。

A speech of exhortation,as to a team or staff,meant to instill enthusiasm or bolster morale.

鼓舞士气的讲话一种激励性的演讲，比如对队员或职员讲话来提高积极性，鼓舞士气

The king and his family could worship Aton but the people were meant to worship the pharaoh-the god-king

国王和王室成员能够崇拜太阳神，但人民必须崇拜法老--神圣的国王。

Here a dry spell meant parched crops,a rainy spell,loss of topsoil.

过去这里，一有干旱庄稼就会枯死，一下雨浮土就会流失。

The newness and flux of the computer industry has meant many opportunities for women and minorities(Connie Winkler)

计算机工业的更新和不断变化为妇女和少数民族提供了许多机会(康妮·温克)

Meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.

假心假意的带挖苦味道或以吹毛求疵的态度表达的;带有这种意味的

There was no interrupting her tirade.She had the floor and meant to hold it.

她的长篇演讲没有中断过。她讲了话，而且讲了很多。

She looks like the de luxe edition of a wicked French novel meant especially for the English market.

她看上去仿如那种专以英国市场为对象的法国淫邪小说的精装版。

Her haughty manners were meant to deceive us into thinking she was an aristocrat.

她那趾高气扬的行为是故意要欺骗我们使我们认为她是一个贵族。

She suddenly realized that what she had taken for gallantries to Harriet had been meant for herself,and what she had intended as encouragement to his suit of her friend,he had taken as encouragement to aspire for Emma’s hand.

她突然意识到，埃尔顿先生向哈里特献殷勤实则是冲她而来，而她有意鼓励埃尔顿追求自己女友的举动，却被他看成是鼓励他向自己求婚的表示。

The first days of school are meant to orientate freshmen to campus life.

开学头几天学校有意让新生熟悉一下学校生活。

No offence was meant .

没有得罪你的意思。

No offense (meant ).

没有恶意; 无意伤人的心。

What does that word mean? [What is meant by that word?]

那个词是什么意思?

What does that word mean? (=What is meant by that word?)

那个词作什么解释?

That defeat meant the death of all my hopes.

那个失败意味着我的所有的希望都毁灭了。

That is the very opposite of what I meant .

那和我想的正相反。

It was what he meant rather than what he said.

那是指他话中的意思，而不是他所说的话。

You’re not meant to stick out your head.

你不该伸出你的头。

You’re not meant to hold out your hand.

你不可以伸出你的手。

You are meant to leave a tip.

你得留下小费。

meant well

vbl.怀善意(出于好心)

well-meant

a.1. 出自善意的

meant much

vbl.很重要

be meant to

有意要, 打算

meant well by

vbl.怀善意(出于好心)

be meant to do

照道理[照规矩]应该

More is meant than meets the ear.

意在言外.