She asked him to clarify what he meant.
她要他说清楚他是什么意思。
I didn't have the faintest idea what you meant.
我一点也不明白你的意思。
Unmanned post offices meant millions of letters went unsorted.
空无一人的邮局意味着上百万的信件无人处理。
Increasing frailty meant that she was more and more confined to bed.
日益衰弱意味着她愈来愈需要卧床。
She told me what it meant at great length but I'm afraid I'm none the wiser.
她费尽口舌给我解释它的意思，可我恐怕还是不明白。
It would have meant cutting down over 200 trees, including oaks and hickories.
这就意味着砍伐200多棵树，包括栎树和山胡桃树。
The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.
我父亲的意外过世意味着他的个人事情不是完全有序。
Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it should have been replaced.
拨款减少意味着设备达到该替换的期限后还要使用很长时间。
Their support meant that he was not forced to sell the business which was earmarked for disposal last year.
他们的支持意味着他不必卖掉去年确定要出售的公司。
Oh, I know, I know, it's meant to be so tragic–poor woman, trapped in a loveless marriage, yadda yadda yadda.
噢，知道，知道，这注定是个悲剧—可怜的女人被束缚在一个没有爱情的婚姻里，诸如此类的。
难道我们不是注定的一对么？
It meant that father wouldn't be back in a few days.
这意味着父亲几天内回不来。
"No," she answered, wondering what in the words he meant.
“不，”她回答道，不知道他说的是什么意思。
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses.
我曾经以为爱情意味着鲜花、礼物和甜蜜的亲吻。
This jerk meant that kites could lift huge weights, Gharib realised.
加里布意识到，这一下抽动意味着风筝可以提起巨大的重量。
This meant the popularity of good sparkling wines increased even more.
这意味着优质起泡酒的受欢迎程度进一步提高。
To cognitive researchers like Piaget, adulthood meant the beginning of occupation.
对于皮亚杰这样的认知研究人员来说，成年意味着一份职业的开始。
Fairy tales weren't just meant for children.
童话故事不单单是为孩子们写的。
The pictures were not meant to titillate audiences.
这些图片并非为了挑逗观众。
I meant to do the ironing but I didn't get round to it.
我本想熨衣服的，可就是抽不出时间。
I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.
我想我们是说到两下里去了，我根本不是那个意思。
Summer is the perfect time to catch up on the new books you meant to read.
夏天是补看想读的新书的最佳时间。
He raised questions meant to plant seeds of doubts in the minds of jurors.
他提出了一些问题，意欲引起陪审员的疑心。
Judging from the way he laughed as he told it, it was meant to be humorous.
从他讲述时笑的方式看来，那是为逗人发笑。
All comers to the Sphinx were asked a riddle, and failure to solve it meant death.
所有来到斯芬克斯面前的人都被问了一个谜语，解答不了就意味着死亡。
The talks are meant to clear the way for formal negotiations on a new constitution.
会谈旨在为新宪法的正式协商扫清道路。
He says you're fired if you're not back at work on Friday. And I think he meant it.
他说如果你周五不回来上班的话，就会被解雇。我想他是当真的。
The peculiar thing about getting engaged is that you're meant to announce it to everyone.
订婚特别要做的事是你理应该向每个人宣布你订婚了。
I fondly imagined that surgery meant a few stitches and an overnight stay in the hospital.
我不切实际地以为外科手术就是缝几针并在医院呆上一夜。
She did everything to get the two of them together, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
她极力撮合他们俩，但我觉得那根本不可能。
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