如何判断 mean 是形容词还是动词

they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions

不知道这里的 mean 是形容词还是动词?

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They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions.

【翻译】他们不去无聊地追求卑鄙的野心。

have a commitment to：对......有承诺，有追求。

to 是介词，所以，mean 是形容词“卑鄙的；下贱的”，修饰ambitions。

此外，假设mean 是动词，那么，mean ambitions （意味着各种野心？）讲不通。

Have they, for example, demonstrated a commitment to democracy?

例如，他们是否已表现出会致力于民主？

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They made a commitment to peace.

他们承诺要维护和平。

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They have not a dreary commitment to mean(adj.) ambitions.

mean adj.adj. 吝啬的; 刻薄的; 破旧的; 残忍的

(1)mean adj.吝啬的;小气的

Don't be mean with fabric, otherwise curtains will end up looking skimpy. 别这么吝啬布料，不然做出来的窗帘会显得特寒酸。

(2)mean adj.不友好的;刻薄的

The little girls had locked themselves in upstairs because Mack had been mean to them.

小姑娘们把自己锁在楼上，因为麦克对她们很刻薄。

I'd feel mean saying no.

拒绝的话我说不出口。

have a commitment to sth对某事有追求

They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitious or love of comfort.

他们有一种自由自在的风度, 他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适生活的迷恋.

They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.

他们有一种奔放不羁的风度, 他们没有对卑鄙的野心目标的无聊的追逐和对舒适的迷恋.

They have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions.

他们不去无聊地追求卑鄙的野心.