单词 | to make one's mind up |
释义 | > as lemmasto make one's mind up a. to make up one's mind (also to make one's mind up): to reach or approach a decision or conclusion; to resolve (that, to do something). Similarly in passive, as one's mind is made up, etc. Also to make up one's resolution (rare). Hence, with †for, †to, or infinitive: to be reconciled to the thought of, to be prepared for. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > give (one's mind, etc.) up to some condition resign1718 to make up one's mind1821 the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] choosec1320 definec1374 to take advisementa1393 appointc1440 conclude1452 to come to (an) anchor?1473 deliber1485 determine1509 resolvea1528 rest1530 deliberate1550 point1560 decide1572 to set (up) one's rest1572 to set down one's rest1578 to make account1583 to fix the staff1584 to take a party1585 fadge1592 set1638 determinate1639 pitch1666 devise1714 pre-resolve1760 settle1782 to make up one's mind1859 1751 Villier's Chances (rev. ed.) i. i. 6 Since she is so conceal'd,..I have made up my Mind. 1792 T. Jefferson Jrnl. 29 Feb. in Papers (1990) XXIII. 186 My mind was immediately made up to make that the epoch of my own retirement from those labors, of which I was heartily tired. 1821 Examiner 363/1 In winter people make up their minds for the worst and go. 1830 Examiner 663/2 The King has quite made up his mind to the loss of Belgium. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xiv. 280 Edward made up his resolution to join the army. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty v. 190 If the government would make up its mind to require for every child a good education. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvii. 136 We had all quietly made up our minds to treat him like one of ourselves. 1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables vi. 66 If we make up our mind not to keep her we'll bring or send her over to you. 1934 D. Hammett Thin Man xxx. 244 Guild hesitated, as if making up his mind whether to reply. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day i. 26 The introspective, the waverers, the cowardly often need to have their minds made up for them thus. 1981 A. Hutschnecker Hope xiv. 227 When a man or a woman has made up his or her mind to die, there is little a physician can do to save them. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West iii. xxi. 423 She had made up her mind that she wasn't going to let her dad do this number on her this time. < as lemmas |
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