You are constantly trying to transfer the meaning to Chinese.

你不断地在把意思转化成中文。

youdao

The literal meaning of 'petrify' is 'turn to stone'.

petrify的字面意思是turn to stone（变成石头）。

《牛津词典》

I hadn't a clue as to the meaning of "activism."

我对的意思一无所知。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

But the popular meaning of Valentine's Day continues to capture hearts around the world, even if not always on February fourteenth.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The optimates, meaning "the best," tended to support the interests of the wealthy senators and the few wealthiest families.

贵族派，是指精英“,主张保护元老院议员的利益,以及少数富裕家庭。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

What is the meaning of an untrodden way, or of "there are none to praise" her but "very few to love"?

没有人走过的路是什么意思呢？,还有“没有人赞扬她“但是“几乎没有人爱她“又是什么意思呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"On a few labels they construed the meaning to be the exact opposite of what was meant, " says Michael Wolf, a researcher at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and coauthor of the soon-to-be- published study.

FORBES: Sticker Shock

This is either because they cause no change in the composition of the protein that the gene encodes (some apparently different genetic words actually have the same meaning to the protein-making apparatus), or because the change they make has no effect on the protein's function.

ECONOMIST: Genetics gets more complicated

But, from a social perspective, what's truly interesting is that Hitler -- at least as an iconic image -- doesn't seem to have the same meaning to a newer generation which is further removed from his horrors and unthinkable crimes.

CNN: Apparently This Matters: Teatime for Hitler