英语词汇“to think better of it”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. To decide not to do (something) after reconsideration. Frequently in to think better of it.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > abandon, give up, or discontinue

forhightc1000

forswearOE

forletc1175

sdeign1590

to think (the) better of1752

to get off ——1951

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 172 Though this in drunkennes were agreed upon, yet in sobernes the good Christians thought better of what they had agreed upon.

1752 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 116 I resolved to be prepared for them (who, by the way, thought better of it).

1781 M. P. Andrews Dissipation ii. iv. 23 His Lordship's library. So I will—No, I won't, now I think better of it; for what can his library produce to entertain me?

1812 Examiner 21 Sept. 596/1 The enemy's General thought better of it,—beat a retreat.

1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 430/1 The..gentleman seems to have thought better of his contrariness.

1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) ix. xii. 273 I was going to parade the ‘quip’ before Max and Dora, but thought better of it.

1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xiv. 122 About to scatter some milk powder into my char, I thought the better of it.

2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) vii. 114 He reflects that she really ought to have the place alarmed..but thinks better of saying so.

单词	to think better of it
释义	> as lemmas to think better of it b. To decide not to do (something) after reconsideration. Frequently in to think better of it. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > abandon, give up, or discontinue forhightc1000 forswearOE forletc1175 sdeign1590 to think (the) better of1752 to get off ——1951 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 172 Though this in drunkennes were agreed upon, yet in sobernes the good Christians thought better of what they had agreed upon. 1752 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 116 I resolved to be prepared for them (who, by the way, thought better of it). 1781 M. P. Andrews Dissipation ii. iv. 23 His Lordship's library. So I will—No, I won't, now I think better of it; for what can his library produce to entertain me? 1812 Examiner 21 Sept. 596/1 The enemy's General thought better of it,—beat a retreat. 1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 430/1 The..gentleman seems to have thought better of his contrariness. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) ix. xii. 273 I was going to parade the ‘quip’ before Max and Dora, but thought better of it. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xiv. 122 About to scatter some milk powder into my char, I thought the better of it. 2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) vii. 114 He reflects that she really ought to have the place alarmed..but thinks better of saying so. extracted from betteradj.n.¹adv. < as lemmas
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