At the height of the biggest typhoon,the government used all means possible,including TV,the Internet and text messages to get the word out about escape route. 在最大的那次合风的高潮，政府采取了一切可能的办法，包括电视、互联网和手机短信 通告关于避难路径的消息。 "means'”表示"方法，手段，具体用法如下。 (1)单复数同形（永远有词尾-5）。若用作主语，其谓语的数需根据句意来确定。 All possible means have been tried. 所有可能的办法都已经试过了。 Every possible means has been tried 每种可能的办法都已经试过了。 【注意】：若句意不能明确地表明主语的单复数，其谓语则用单数或复数均可。 Is/Are there any other means of doing it? 做这件事还有其他的什么办法吗？ (2)表示“以某种方式、方法或手段”，其后接介词by。 Only by this means can you do it well. 只有通过这种办法你才能做好此事。 有时用"by means of",意为“用…，依靠…。 Thoughts are expressed by means of words. 思想靠语言来表达。 (3)表示“做某事的方法或手段”，其后接“of+(动)名词”。 But they had no means of cooking the crabs. 但是他们没有办法来把螃蟹煮熟。 Taking a plane is the quickest means of getting there 去那儿最快的办法是坐飞机。 In all,more than 1.5 million people were evacuated,40,000ships wererecalled to ports and all business"not related to fighting the typhoon"was suspended. At the height of the biggest typhoon, the government used all means possible, including TV, the Internet and text messages to get the word out about escape route. 在最大的那次台风的高潮，政府采取了一切可能的办法，包括电视、互联网和手机短信， 通告关于避难路径的消息。 “means”表示“方法，手段”，具体用法如下。 （1）单复数同形（永远有词尾-s）。若用作主语，其谓语的数需根据句意来确定。 All possible means have been tried. 所有可能的办法都已经试过了。 Every possible means has been tried. 每种可能的办法都已经试过了。 【注意】：若句意不能明确地表明主语的单复数，其谓语则用单数或复数均可。 Is/Are there any other means of doing it? 做这件事还有其他的什么办法吗? （2）表示“以某种方式、方法或手段”，其后接介词 by。 Only by this means can you do it well. 只有通过这种办法你才能做好此事。 有时用“by means of”，意为“用……，依靠……”。 Thoughts are expressed by means of words. 思想靠语言来表达。 （3）表示“做某事的方法或手段”，其后接“of＋（动）名词”。 But they had no means of cooking the crabs. 但是他们没有办法来把螃蟹煮熟。 Taking a plane is the quickest means of getting there. 去那儿最快的办法是坐飞机。 In all, more than 1.5 million people were evacuated, 40,000 ships were recalled to ports and all business"not related to fighting the typhoon"was suspended