"a means of control"
"an example is the best agency of instruction"
"the true way to success"
"he is a man of means"
1.方法;手段;工具(means 用于此意时单复数同形)
Ameans of doing something is a method, instrument, or process which can be used to do it.means is both the singular and the plural form for this use.
e.g. The move is ameans to fight crime...
采取这项举措是为了打击犯罪。
e.g. The army had perfected the use of terror as ameans of controlling the population...
军队已经深谙利用恐怖手段控制民众之道。
2.收入;财富;金钱
You can refer to the money that someone has as theirmeans .
e.g. ...a person ofmeans...
富人
e.g. He did not have themeans to compensate her.
他没有钱来补偿她。
3.超出财力；入不敷出/在财力之内；量入为出
If someone is livingbeyond theirmeans, they are spending more money than they can afford. If someone is livingwithin theirmeans, they are not spending more money than they can afford.
e.g. The more gifts she received, the more she craved, until he was living beyond hismeans...
得到的礼物越多，她的胃口就越大，直到他捉襟见肘为止。
e.g. It is far better to pay off old debts steadily by living within yourmeans.
量入为出地一步步偿还旧债，这个方法要好得多。
4.用;以;通过
If you do somethingby means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
e.g. This is a two year course taught bymeans of lectures and seminars...
本课程为期两年，授课形式为讲座与研讨。
e.g. The trailer was connected to the car bymeans of a complicated system of hoses, pipes and rods.
活动房屋通过一系列复杂的软管、管道和连杆与汽车相连。
5.当然可以;完全可以
You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.
means的近义词
e.g. 'Can I come and have a look at your house?' — 'Yes by allmeans'.
“我可以过来看看你的房子吗？”“当然可以。”
6.决不;丝毫不;一点儿也不
You use expressions such as 'by no means', 'not by any means', and 'by no manner of means' to emphasize that something is not true.
e.g. This is by nomeans out of the ordinary...
这丝毫不足为奇。
e.g. They were not finished, however, not by anymeans.
不过，他们并没有结束,绝对没有。
7.达到目的的手段
If you say that something isa means to an end, you mean that it helps you to achieve what you want, although it may not be enjoyable or important itself.
e.g. We seem to have lost sight of the fact that marketing is only ameans to an end.
我们似乎忽略了这样一个事实：营销只是达到目的的手段。
1. means是什么意思
1. 工具：这个尊严不允许其它人奴役我们或迫使我们做出非自由意愿的行为**康德用一项道德原则来阐述这个观念:人必须永远被视为一种目的(end),而不只是一个工具(means)**将一个人仅只视为工具,
