| 单词 | to take one's mind off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (also get, draw, etc.) one's mind off (from) c. to take (also get, draw, etc.) one's mind off (from): to divert one's attention or turn one's thoughts from (something, esp. something worrying or painful). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > action of making pleasant > make pleasant [verb (transitive)] > pleasantly divert attention from beguile1594 to take one's mind off from1672 wile1796 1672 French Rogue xxi. 133 But it was no time now to complain in such terms, and the present danger I was in, drew off my mind from such thoughts, to consult for my safety. 1788 M. Wollstonecraft Mary v. 34 There were many elegant amusements, that she had acquired a relish for, which might have taken her mind off from its most destructive bent. 1822 R. H. Dana Idle Man I. 79 The grief of his mother, and her imploring helplessness, took Thornton's mind off from its regrets and painful thoughts, while it softened his heart. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xii. 143 Well, it took my mind off from everything else; took it clear off. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out iv. 67 She was determined that Sir Walter should take her husband's mind off the guns of Britain, and divert him in an exquisite, quaint, sprightly, and slightly ridiculous world. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? iv. 70 I had a notion that a little of Billie and Sammy Glick might not be such a bad idea, if only to get my mind off my own tsurus. 1991 Atlantic June 87/1 The widow of the electrocuted man didn't even have children to take her mind off her loneliness. < as lemmas |
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