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means METHODmi:nzpl na method or way (of doing something)方法，途径We must use all/every means at our disposal.我们必须尝试力所能及的各种方法。The poll showed 32% of people approving every means short of the use of force.投票显示32% 的公民赞同使用除武力以外的所有方法。She tried to explain by means of sign language.她试图通过手语来解释。We are being continually deluged with messages by radio, television, cellular phone and every other means of communication.我们正不断被来自无线电，电视，移动电话及其他通讯方式传来的信息所包围。There are more than enough weapons in the world to provide the means of our own destruction.世界上武器已多得足以毁灭地球。The new-found means of fighting viruses could prove very successful.克服病毒的新方法被证明行之有效。There is no means of tracing the debt at all.根本无法查找这笔债。The family had no means of support (= way of getting the money it needed to pay for food, somewhere to live, clothes, etc.)这家人已无法过活了。I worked on a voluntary basis first of all as a means to an end (= as a way of achieving something else, for example a permanent job).我志愿工作首先是为了达到最终目的。(fml) By all means is a polite way of giving permission.当然可以，务必"May I borrow this book?" "By all means."“能借我这本书吗？”“当然可以。”(fml) By no means or not by any means means 'emphatically not'.决不It is by no means certain that we will be able to move to our new office in June.我们六月搬入新办公室的事并不确定。This isn't the last we'll hear of it by any means (= We will certainly hear more about it).这当然不会是我们最后一次听到它的消息。
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