| 单词 | to mean it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mean it c. transitive. To be in earnest in saying. to mean what one says: to speak truthfully, sincerely, or with determination. to mean it: to be in earnest regarding one's words or (in extended use) actions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > act or speak sincerely [verb (intransitive)] to open one's budget1548 to wear one's heart on one's tongue (also in one's mouth)?1576 truthify1647 to mean what one says1750 to let it all hang out1970 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [verb (transitive)] > mean what one says mean1750 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > be resolute or determined [verb (intransitive)] > be in earnest > mean what one says to mean it1750 to mean what one says1750 1750 M. Jones Let. in Misc. in Prose & Verse 378 I am entirely satisfy'd with every thing you say or do; am convinc'd..that you mean all you say. 1840 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. V. iii. 51 Let us aim at meaning what we say, and saying what we mean. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. viii. 213 ‘The Bank's robbed!’ ‘You don't mean it!’ 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson xi. 398 I was unkind yesterday, without meaning it. 1906 R. E. Knowles Undertow xxiii. 299 ‘What do you mean, Hiram?’.. ‘I mean what I say.’ 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xiii. 127 When I tell you to come in at a certain time I mean that time and not half an hour later. 1952 E. O'Neill Moon for Misbegotten i. 65 It's good to hear him laugh as if he meant it. 1973 J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 158 It was a very special room... Fire-proof. And I mean fire-proof. Built to contain a furnace. 1987 ‘A. T. Ellis’ Clothes in Wardrobe 76 He still listened, but now..not believing that I meant what I said. < as lemmas |
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