having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"下品な敬意、あるいは道徳の欠落があること、あるいは示すさま陋劣
例:taking a mean advantage 劣った利点を活用する
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"統計的な標準、平均または期待値に近づくさま平均的
例:The mean annual rainfall. 年間平均降水量。
have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"目的として考える考える
例:I mean no harm. 悪意はないということだ。
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"(人または行動について使用され)寛大さの欠如によって特徴づけられた、または、寛大さの欠如を示す意地悪
例:a mean person 意地悪な人
marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"乞食に適するような貧困によって特徴づけられる素寒貧