mean to do something的意思|示意

I figured that just because I couldn't get paid to do something I was passionate about, it doesn't mean I couldn't write about those things.

我发觉就是我不能因为报酬而做自己喜欢的事情，这样并不等于我不能写那些事情。

Nonetheless, while I know the word "married" would mean something to them, something tangible they could use when describing our life together, I can't do it.

尽管如此，当我知道”结婚“这个词可能会对他们意味着什么，意味着他们可以以此来形象的描述我们在一起的生活，我就不想这么做了。

And just because you've done something every year for the past ten years doesn't mean you have to do it every year for the next ten.

过去十年里你每年都做的事情并不意味着在接下来的十年里你还要每年都做。

I mean, coming from a small school, if you want to do something, go for it.

我的意思是，从一个小的学校来了，如果你想要做的事，去了。

I mean to do the small things such as taking out the trash or buying necessary foods without being asked, or doing something that they don't enjoy doing.

我是说做一些小事情，比如在他们没有要求的情况下带走垃圾或者买一些必需的食物，或者做一些他们不喜欢亲自做的事情。

I think when someone says they want to do something but then follows up with, "... but I don't have any ideas, "what they actually mean is that they don't think they have any great ideas.

我认为当有人说他们想做什么但是紧接着说，“但是我没有任何的主意”，他们实际上是说他们不认为自已有任何好的主意。