mean to do 打算、想
mean doing 意味着
mean to do sth. 的意思是“打算或意欲做某事”, 其主语通常是表示人的名词或代词。mean doing sth. 的意思是“意味着(必须要做某事或导致某种结果)”，其主语通常是指事物的sth。
1. mean to do sth打算或意欲做某事
I mean to go, but my father would not allow me to.
我想去，但是我父亲不肯让我去。
I am mean to go the supermarket.
我打算去超市。
I mean to buy a vacuum next month.
下个月我打算买一台真空吸尘器。
She means to succeed.
她一意求成。
If I said that， I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
如果我说过这话，但我的本意并不想伤害任何人。
I didn't mean to hurt you although I actually made you angry.
虽然我惹你生气了，但是我并不想伤害你。
I didn't mean to leave her name off the list; it was an oversight.
我不是有意在名单上漏掉她的名字的，这是个疏忽。
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
我不是故意伤害你的感情。
Please continue ─ I didn't mean to interrupt.
请继续往下说，我并非有意打断你的话。
I didn't mean to break it ─ it was an accident.
我不是故意打碎它的——这是个意外。
Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.
对不起，我没有吓唬你的意思。
It was just a gag ─ we didn't mean to upset anyone.
这只是逗着玩——我们并未想使任何人不高兴。
I didn't mean to hurt her, only to keep her still.
我不是故意要弄痛她，只是想让她别乱动。
I mean to look after my body.
我得多注意身体。
I didn't mean to break his nose. I just saw red.
我不是故意要打断他的鼻梁。我只是一时气急。
They mean to share the business between them, after you yourself are gone, Sir.
先生，他们两个打算等您本人离开后瓜分这个企业。
Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot.
哦，对不起，我不是故意踩你脚的。
Did you mean to leave your dog here?
你是不是故意把你的狗丢在这里呢？
I don't mean to keep criticising his devotion to his job.
我并不是要一再批评他对工作的专注。
I didn't mean to bang into you.
我不是故意撞你的。
I did not mean to insult you.
我不是要故意侮辱你。
They meant to finish her off, swiftly and without mercy.
他们打算毫不留情地迅速结果了她。
Oh, those books! I meant to put them away before this afternoon.
哦，那些书！我本来要在下午之前收起来的。（它的肯定形式的过去时或过去完成时可以表示本来想做某可是实际没有做）
She had meant to make a discreet entrance, but conversation stopped dead.
她本打算悄悄进去，但谈话却突然中断了。
I never meant to cause her pain.
我从没有让她痛苦之意。
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。
He raised questions meant to plant seeds of doubts in the minds of jurors.
他提出几个问题意欲引起陪审员的疑心。
Family holidays are meant to be a break from routine.
家庭假日就是从平淡的日常生活中解脱一下。
I'm meant to be on holiday.
我原本打算去度假的。
The natural images in the poem are meant to be suggestive of realities beyond themselves.
诗中描绘的自然景象意在让人联想到景象以外的现实。
The peculiar thing about getting engaged is that you're meant to announce it to everyone.
订婚的特别之处在于，你就应该让人人知道你订婚了。
2. mean doing sth. 意味着
Summer is the perfect time to catch up on the new books you meant to read.
夏天是把想读却没读的新书恶补一下的最佳时机。
To raise wage means increasing purchasing power.
赠加工资意味着增加购买力。
This new order will mean working overtime.
这新订单一来，我们就意味着加班加点。
Nonresistance doesn't necessarily mean doing nothing.
不抵抗不一定意味着什么都不去做。
To take life easy does not mean doing nothing at all, but to grasp every opportunity to do good deeds.
所谓看开人生，并非什麽都不做，而是能及时行善。
