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单词 to give a thought
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(not) to give (something or someone) a (also another) thought
P7. In negative contexts: (not) to give (something or someone) a (also another) thought: (not, never, scarcely, etc.) to think at all or any more about, (not, never, scarcely, etc.) to keep in one's mind.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > not care about
value1591
matter1652
(not) to give (something or someone) a (also another) thought1762
not to want to know1948
1762 T. Leland Longsword II. v. ii. 106 Too intent on paying the mournful offices to my deceased parent, I could scarcely give a thought to Les Roches.
1788 School for Fathers I. 97 He might indeed have purchased a living,..but as that would be leaving all the future hopes of his family dependant on the casualty of his life, he could not give it a thought.
1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 269 As to smaller-sized rooms than I had been used to, I really could not give it a thought.
1883 Harper's Mag. June 146/1 The cynics, who have never given a thought or lifted a hand to relieve suffering or to remedy wrong, sneer at superserviceable philanthropy.
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby iii. 64 I wanted..to apologize for not having known him in the garden. ‘Don't mention it,’ he enjoined me eagerly. ‘Don't give it another thought, old sport.’
1953 H. Clevely Public Enemy xxvii. 214 ‘After your wife's death, didn't you miss this bag?’ ‘I didn't even give it a thought.’
1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner viii. 116 There will be plenty of young men in America... You won't give this Joe creature another thought.
2003 A. Notaro Back after Break vi. 55 Luckily, he knew Chris Keating wouldn't give it another thought.., so he'd say nothing.
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