- n. 手段；财产
名复: means
means
KK:[minz] DJ:[miːnz]
n.
- 手段，方法；工具[M][G]
- 财产；财力；收入[K]
短语
by means of
- 用；以
辨析
以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》
pl. n.
- [treated as sing. or pl.] an action or system by which a result is achieved.
- financial resources; income. ▸substantial resources; wealth.
Phrase
- by all means
of course. - by any means
[with neg.] at all. - by means of
by using. - by no means (or by no manner of means) certainly not.
- a means to an end
a thing that is not valued in itself but is useful in achieving an aim.
Etymology
ME: pl. of mean3, the early sense being ‘intermediary’.
以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》
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