I hate it when a comedian says, “Sorry for what I said. ” You shouldn't say it if you didn't mean it and you should never regret anything you meant to do.

我讨厌听到喜剧演员说“抱歉刚说了那些话”既然你不是那个意思就不要说出来，要是你就是那个意思就不要后悔说出来。

youdao

He'd been drinking which meant he was going to be especially mean.

他喝过酒了，这意味着他这次要玩真的。

youdao

Scripture was supposed to mean what the Catholic Church said it meant, what the Pope said it — what the bishop said it meant.

经文的意思是，教会说它是什么意思就是什么意思，教皇说…主教说它是什么意思，就是什么意思。

youdao

I knew he did not understand, but like me,he took it to mean that I meant no harm.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

What I meant - what in the world do I mean by that?

是选一个计数的变量,我这么说是什么意思呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Your friendship and your concern and general championing of me have meant, and mean still, more to me than I can ever say.

NEWYORKER: Letters to an Editor

But there have been many other times when I have found myself drawn into long and often interesting arguments about what conservatism can now mean, what it has meant in the past, whether it means the same thing in Britain and America, and whether it now encompasses so many ideas and factions that it can barely be described at all.

NPR: Book Argues for Retaking the 'Conservative Soul'

There was a Guardian journalist at the briefing, one whose take on what devolution has meant and might yet mean in Wales is here.

BBC: First step taken the Silk route in Wales