unmean
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To reverse, cancel, or negate what was intentionally communicated.
— The play works to unmean meaning by a double dislocation. It uses expectation to undermine expectation both of everyday 'reality' and of theatrical genre.
形容词 adj.
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Not mean (all senses).
— The Age of Innocence is based on an Edith Wharton novel and set in the very unmean streets of upper-crust New York, circa 1870.
词源
词源 1
From un- (“not”) + mean.
词源 2
From un- (“reverse, opposite”) + mean.
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