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单词 high-minded
释义 ˈhigh-ˌminded, a.
1. Having or characterized by a haughty, proud, or arrogant spirit. arch.
c1503in Lett. & Papers Rich. III & Hen. VII (1861–3) I. 239 The lady Luce was a proude hij myndyd woman, and lovyth not the kyngis grace.1526Tindale Rom. xi. 20 Be not hye minded, but feare.1530Palsgr. 315/2 Hyemyneded, orgueilleux, fiers.1535Coverdale Ps. cxxx[i]. 1 Lord, I am not hye mynded, I haue no proude lokes.1623Bingham Xenophon 110 To humble these high-minded men.a1716Bp. O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. 9 Poor in Spirit may very properly denote one that is free from Pride, one that is not high-minded.1865Kingsley Herew. xv, Be not rash. Be not high-minded.
2. Having a morally lofty character; characterized by high principles; magnanimous.
1556Aurelio & Isab. (1608) D iij, Eche of them confessede with a hey myndede courragie the faute to be his.c1590Greene Fr. Bacon ix. 195 Martial Plantagenet, Henry's high-minded son.1832W. Irving Alhambra I. 292 These cavaliers are evidently well-bred, and high-minded youths.1881H. Morley Eng. Lit. Q. Vict. iii. (Tauchn.) 77 What little there was of highminded statesmanship was often lost among lowthoughted cares of a political life.
Hence highˈmindedly adv., highˈmindedness.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. lxiii. 12 His godly hyghmyndednesse is to bee noted.1657Reeve God's Plea 39 Oh beloved, let us abate of this high-mindednesse.1824Campbell Theodoric 385 She bore her fate high-mindedly and well.1884W. S. Lilly in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 256 High-mindedness, he says, is the crown of all virtue, and the high-minded man occupies himself with honour, and lays claim to it, and takes pleasure in it.
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