means是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 方法， 手段，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Thus the Abraham Lincoln wanted for no means of destruction; and, what was better still she had on board Ned Land, the prince of harpooners.
-- Everything is done by means of it.
-- The partitions had doors that were shut hermetically by means of india-rubber instruments, and they ensured the safety of the Nautilus in case of a leak.
-- They shut the one belonging to the Nautilus; I shut the other by means of screw pressure.
-- But I can also make the Nautilus rise and sink, and sink and rise, by a vertical movement by means of two inclined planes fastened to its sides, opposite the centre of flotation, planes that move in every direction, and that are worked by powerful levers from the interior.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Well," she said, ironically, "it usually means one thing!But don't you think anyhow, you'd be " she darkened slightly "in a better position than you are in now."
-- "That means you would like to be cutting everybody's throat," said Birkin.
-- It means nothing."
-- "You are merely making words," he said; "knowledge means everything to you.
-- "I believe the man means it," he said, "as far as he means anything."
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was so dark that I could not see the means of exit; and, as I wandered round, I heard another specimen of their civil behaviour amongst each other.
-- We made ourselves as snug as our means allowed in the arch of the dresser.
-- I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn't dote on Heathcliff, and I wond ered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude.
-- I told them I intended by no means to encourage their tric ks: but as the prisoner had never broken his fast since yesterday's dinner, I would wink at his cheating Mr. Hindley that once.
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