22. mild　 温和的　　 　a mild climate

21. mercy　 慈悲　 show mercy to sb　 　　　　　　　beg the mercy of sb 恳求得到宽恕　

　　　　　　 　have mercy on 对…表同情　　　　 without mercy ~ 毫不同情

20. mention to sb that 提及　 at the mention of　 在提到…时　 as mentioned above 如上所述　　

not to mention 此外更不用说　 The boy hasn’t learnt Chinese, not to mention English.

19. mend　 修理，缝补　　 It's never too late to mend.　 亡羊补牢。　

　 mend one's ways 改过自新，改邪归正　　 mend the hole ,　 mend one’s skirt

18. in memory of = to memorize 纪念　　 have a good memory　 记忆力很好

17. meet one's needs 满足…需求

meet with 偶遇；碰到 I met with a friend in the train yesterday. 　run into　 come across

16. measure　 take measures = take action = take steps , measure the room,　 measure the distance　

15. means　 方法　　　 Every means has been tried to save the dying boy.

　by means of 通过…　 by all means 无论如何 ，务必，当然可以(=of course)

　by no means　 决不　 I am by no means surprised at it.

14. mean to do = intend to do　 打算干…　　 mean doing 意味着做…　　　

　 What do you mean by doing that ? 你那样做意味着什么？　 be meant to do 应该做…

13. may/might as well do 不妨去做…may sb do 祝愿　 May you succeed.= Wish you success.