Mind
释义 Definition
mind(名词/动词)常指“心智;头脑;思维;注意力”,也可作动词表示“介意;在意;留心”。(另有“精神状态、记忆力、意向”等用法。)
发音 Pronunciation
/maɪnd/
例句 Examples
I changed my mind.
我改变主意了。
With so much noise outside, she struggled to keep her mind on the book and understand the author’s argument.
外面太吵了,她很难把注意力放在书上并理解作者的论证。
词源 Etymology
mind 来自古英语 gemynd / mynd,本义与“记忆、思考、意念”相关,后来逐渐扩展为现代英语中“心智、意识、注意力”等核心含义;作动词“介意”则由“在心上、放在心里”这一概念引申而来。
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文学作品 Literary Works
- Pride and Prejudice(Jane Austen)中常见 mind(如 “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” 语境中多次谈及 “my mind” 等表达)。
- Frankenstein(Mary Shelley)中频繁出现 mind(描写人物的精神状态、思绪与理性挣扎)。
- Sherlock Holmes 系列(Arthur Conan Doyle)中常见 mind(如对“the mind”与推理能力的讨论与描写)。