no mean

1 DIFFICULTsomething that is very difficult to do, so that someone who does it deserves to be admired 不小的业绩/成就/任务等

They sold 1 million cards in the first year of business – no mean feat, given the problems many businesses are facing.

他们在开张的第一年就卖出了一百万张卡，考虑到许多公司面临的种种问题，真是很不错的业绩。

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no mean feat/achievement/task etc• But that was no mean achievement.• For an immigrant boy this marital alliance was no mean achievement.• Given that there are some 20,000 such fastenings in a boat of this size, this is no mean feat.• In particular the notion that nurse training is for the young and for women only must be dispelled; no mean task.• In this case it was no mean task.• This is no mean feat as the statute has 108 sections divided into 12 separate parts, together with 15 schedules.• This is no mean task, especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months.• On Tuesday Invergordon Distillers reported a marginal improvement in underlying profits, no mean feat given the difficulties facing the whisky sector.

→ no mean feat/achievement/task etc at mean2(1)

2 GOOD/EXCELLENTto be very good at doing something 是一位了不起的演员/球员等

Kinnock is no mean performer on the rugby field.

金诺克在橄榄球场上是个了不起的运动员。

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be no mean performer/player etc• Kinnock fils, who is no mean performer on the rugby field, has developed a taste for academe.

→ be no mean performer/player etc at mean2(2)

词汇	no mean
释义	no mean no mean 1 DIFFICULTsomething that is very difficult to do, so that someone who does it deserves to be admired 不小的业绩/成就/任务等 They sold 1 million cards in the first year of business – no mean feat, given the problems many businesses are facing. 他们在开张的第一年就卖出了一百万张卡，考虑到许多公司面临的种种问题，真是很不错的业绩。 Examples from the Corpus no mean feat/achievement/task etc• But that was no mean achievement.• For an immigrant boy this marital alliance was no mean achievement.• Given that there are some 20,000 such fastenings in a boat of this size, this is no mean feat.• In particular the notion that nurse training is for the young and for women only must be dispelled; no mean task.• In this case it was no mean task.• This is no mean feat as the statute has 108 sections divided into 12 separate parts, together with 15 schedules.• This is no mean task, especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months.• On Tuesday Invergordon Distillers reported a marginal improvement in underlying profits, no mean feat given the difficulties facing the whisky sector. → no mean feat/achievement/task etc at mean2(1) 2 GOOD/EXCELLENTto be very good at doing something 是一位了不起的演员/球员等 Kinnock is no mean performer on the rugby field. 金诺克在橄榄球场上是个了不起的运动员。 Examples from the Corpus be no mean performer/player etc• Kinnock fils, who is no mean performer on the rugby field, has developed a taste for academe. → be no mean performer/player etc at mean2(2)
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