Unit 17  Great women

he looks like a mean character.
v. intend to convey sth; signify sth    mean to do    mean doing
a dictionary tell you what words mean.
what does the word mean?
these symbols mean nothing to me. 這些符號我不懂.
what does she mean by canceling the meeting? 取消這個會議是什么意思呢?
he means to cause trouble. 他存心搗亂.
he means the gift for you. 他這禮物是送你.
she means to succeed. 她意欲成功.
i’m sorry i hurt you. i didn’t mean to. 很抱歉我弄傷了你.我不是故意的.
he means no harm to anyone. 他并無傷害任何人的意思.
she was never meant to be a teacher. 她不是當老師才材料.
your friendship means a great deal to me. 你我的友誼對我意義重要.
money means nothing to him. 錢對他來說無所謂.
nodding means greeting.
6. threaten (v) make a threat or threats against sb; try to influence sb by threats
threat   (n)    expression of one’s intention to punish or harm sb
攻擊我的人用槍威脅我.
my attacker threatened me with a gun.
如果他們的要求得不到滿足,他們威脅要殺了所有乘客.
they threatened to kill all the passengers if their demands were not met.
the clouds threatened rain. (give warning of sth) 烏云預示要下雨.
it keeps threatening to snow. 天總象是要下雪.
usually we can see some threat of rain the sky before raining.
通常我們在下雨前可以看到天空中有下雨的某些預兆
7. thaw (v) a) pass into an unfrozen or a liquid state after being frozen
所有的雪都已經解凍了.
all the snow has thawed.
先解凍食物再做飯.
leave frozen food to thaw before cooking it.
b) become warm enough to melt snow and ice
天暖得在化凍了.
it’s starting to thaw.
喝過幾杯酒之后聚會的氣氛變得輕松自然了.
after a few drinks the party atmosphere began to thaw (out).
go skating before the thaw. (n)趁沒解凍之前去滑冰. (less cool or formal in manner)
8. somehow (adv) a) in some way; by some means
我們得想個辦法阻止他去看到/跟她來往.
we must stop him from seeing her somehow.
我們得想法到廣州去.
somehow we must get to guangzhou.
b) for a reason that is unknown or unspecified
somehow, i don’t feel i can trust him.
不知什么緣故,我不信任他.
i always knew i’d get the job, somehow.
也不知為什么,我總是覺得我能得到那份工作.
he somehow dropped behind. 他不曉得怎么就落后了.
somehow or other i was able to solve the problem myself.
我總算能自己解答那個問題.
9. regret (n) feeling of sadness at the loss of sb/sth; feeling of annoyance, disappointment or repentance
(v) feel regret about (sth sad, annoying, disappointing)  regret to do/doing sth
express/feel regret at/about a missed opportunity
對錯過良機表示/感到懊悔