This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.
这并不是为了限制社会研究人员所能采用的方法。
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Adhering to the new rules meant inflicting serious damage on motor racing.
遵守新的规定就意味着赛车比赛将遭受严重影响。
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The unexpectedness of my father's death meant that his affairs were not entirely in order.
家父的猝然离世留下了尚未完全安排妥当的身后事。
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Judging from the way he laughed as he told it, it was meant to be humorous.
从他讲这件事时笑的样子来看，那应该是很幽默的了。
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He says you're fired if you're not back at work on Friday. And I think he meant it.
他说，如果你星期五还不回去上班的话就解雇你。我想他是当真的。
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"Oh, Gairdner," he said, as if that meant something to him.
“哦，盖尔德纳，”他说道，好像他听说过这个名字。
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The boom in the sport's popularity has meant more calls for stricter safety regulations.
该项体育运动的兴起意味着制定更加严格的安全规则的呼声更高了。
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He had the strength and power; he meant to bear rule over others and he expected tributes from them.
他有权有势, 想支配人,要人们拜倒在他的脚下.
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Any decision taken by them now, however well meant, could complicate the peace process.
现在他们作的任何一个决定，不管本意多么好，都可能使和平进程复杂化。
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The decor was meant to keep the mind concentrated on the making of money.
这样的装饰布局原本是想让人们把注意力集中在如何赚钱上。
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I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.
我想我们是说到两下里去了，我根本不是那个意思。
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I didn't think you meant that seriously; I thought you were teasing.
我未想到你是当真的, 我原以为你是开玩笑的.
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He can't be allowed to behave like that; I meant to say, he's a grown man.
不应该准许他有那样的举止, 我是说他已经是成年人了.
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The increasing distance between thunderclaps meant the storm was moving away.
雷声隔得一次比一次久,这意味着暴风雨正在过去.
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