单词 | to think aloud |
释义 | > as lemmasto think aloud (also out loud) b. intransitive. Without following preposition introducing the object of thought and often with adverbial. to think aloud (also out loud): to express one's thoughts by audible speech as they pass through the mind. to think for oneself: to form independent judgements, not to be over-influenced by preconceptions or received opinions.to give (one) furiously to think: see give v. Phrases 8; to hear oneself think: see hear v. 3d; to think outside the box: see box n.2 Phrases 7; to think straight: see straight adv. 1g. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] > be uninfluenced by others to think for oneself1735 to live one's own life1833 the mind > language > speech > monologue > talk in monologue [verb (intransitive)] soliloquize1759 to think aloud (also out loud)1789 monologue1825 Hamletize1844 monologuize1870 monologize1890 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xxiv. 63 He eode ut on þæt land, ðencende [L. egressus fuerat at meditandum in agro]. OE Ælfric Homily: De Doctrina Apostolica (Hatton 115) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1968) II. 623 Paulus, þeoda lareow, cwæð.., Ða ða ic wæs lytel and iung,..ic þohte swa swa lytlingc [L. cogitabam ut parvulus]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xiii. 11 Whanne I was a litil child..I thouȝte as a litil child. c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 17 (MED) He leue vs þenche and worchen so Þat he vs schylde from vre fo. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 53v (MED) He þat ys Malancolie is..proud in maneris & in berynge, þenkynge to myche by him silf, and also he loueþ to goon aloone. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thinke muche, reputo. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 1 When I would pray, & think, I thinke, and pray To seuerall subiects. View more context for this quotation 1677 J. Dryden State Innocence ii. i. 8 That I am I know, because I think. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. i. 40 There is something in us, that has a Power to think. 1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. xix. 19 The only advantage I pretend to, is that I have always thought and judged for myself. 1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 20 Those who think must govern those that toil. 1789 W. W. Grenville Let. 12 Apr. in Duke of Buckingham Mem. Court & Cabinet George III (1853) II. 141 If I were to write volumes to you, I could only enlarge upon these points, on which I have already fully written to you, and with the same freedom and sincerity as if I were thinking aloud. 1853 C. Dickens Let. 28 Nov. (1993) VII. 218 One of the great uses of travelling is to encourage a man to think for himself. 1858 H. S. Randall Life T. Jefferson I. xiii. 505 These off-hand, bold expressions of his are not perhaps oftener erroneous than those of other men, who dare, like him, to think out loud. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic i. 10 To think is to make clear through Concepts something already otherwise represented or known to consciousness. 1891 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 1 383 The right to think independently in religion. 1920 Science 16 Jan. 57/1 His aim with young students was..to teach them to think for themselves. 1958 J. Wain Contenders vi. 127 I was standing there, thinking gloomily along these sort of lines, when Ned came up to me. 1974 Times 1 May 6/6 Those matters were thoroughly probed..the President often taking the role of devil's advocate; sometimes merely thinking out loud. 1974 D. L. Edwards What Anglicans Believe xii. 100 Anglican laymen have been encouraged to think for themselves. 1995 R. Dove Mother Love 38 He only wanted me for happiness: to walk in air and not think so much. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Dec. ix. 13/5 I don't see smoking as a ritual... It gives me time to think. < as lemmas |
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