词汇精选：meaning的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
adj.
(= meaningful) 意味深长的
n.
（声音、文字、信号等传递的）意义，意思 [U,C]
例句：
For the meaning of this word I have to consult a dictionary.
我要查查词典找一下这个词的意思。
例句：
What earthly meaning can such nonsense have?
这般胡说究竟有什么意义呢?
（想要表达的）意义，意思 [U,C]
例句：
The meaning of life was freedom and the abstinence from evil.
生命的真谛是自由和避免作恶。
例句：
She suspected his comments had an inner meaning.
她怀疑他话中有话，别有所指。
真正重要性，价值
（作家或艺术家要表达的）意义，含义，思想 [U,C]
例句：
Her book is not without autobiographical meaning.
她的书不无为自己作传的意图。
例句：
Unsure of the meaning of this remark, Ryle chose to remain silent.
由于不确定这句话究竟是什么意思，赖尔选择了保持沉默。
（人生的）意义，价值，目标 [U]
例句：
Art has real meaning when it helps people to understand themselves.
当艺术有助于人们了解自身的时候才有真正的意义。
例句：
I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later.
直到后来我才领会那个谜一般评论的含义。
二、词义辨析：
meaning,implication,sense
这些名词均含有“含义，意义，意思”之意。meaning普通用词，使用广泛。既可指语言表达的意思，又可指手势、符号、表情或艺术品或抽象概念所含的意义。implication指暗含的意思。sense特指词、短语或句子的某种特定意思。也常指多种解释的一种。
三、相关短语：
grammatical meaning
语法意义
lexical meaning
词汇意义
word meaning
字义
四、参考例句：
He gave a meaning smile.
他意味深长地笑了。
You mistook my meaning entirely.
你完全误解了我的意思。
Occasionally, without even meaning to.
有时，甚至是无意的。
Can you guess the meaning
你能猜出其中的意思吗？
He has grasped my meaning.
他领会我的意思了。
Form and meaning correlate to each other.
形式与意义互有关联。
He wrenched the meaning of the word.
他曲解了这个词的含义。
The meaning of the passage is obscure.
这段文字意义晦涩。
She wrenched the meaning of the passage.
她曲解了这段文字的意义。
What earthly meaning can such nonsense have?
这般胡说究竟有什么意义呢?
