English Dictionary

mention

/ˈmɛnʃən/

verb

To make a short reference to something. / (philosophy, linguistics) To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

I mention your name in my speech.

意味（1）

To make a short reference to something.

Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.

意味（2）

(philosophy, linguistics) To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

I can illustrate this by mentioning the word lead. Now you have no way of knowing for sure which meaning I have in mind until I give it some context by using it in a sentence.