| 单词 | way of thinking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasway of thinking h. way of thinking. extracted from wayn.1int.1 (a) The habits of mind or mental framework that shape a person's judgements, conclusions, etc.; a set of opinions or principles characteristic of an individual or group; a perspective on life. Formerly also: †an intention, a purpose (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose willeOE highOE thoughtOE intent?c1225 achesounc1230 attenta1250 couragec1320 devicec1320 minda1325 studya1382 understanding1382 suggestionc1390 meaninga1393 i-minda1400 minta1400 tent1399 castc1400 ettlingc1400 affecta1425 advicec1425 intention1430 purposec1430 proposea1450 intendment1450 supposing?c1450 pretensionc1456 intellectionc1460 zeal1492 hest?a1513 minting?a1513 institute?1520 intendingc1525 mindfulness1530 cogitationa1538 fordrift1549 forecast1549 designing1566 tention1587 levela1591 intendiment1595 design1597 suppose1597 aim1598 regarda1616 idea1617 contemplationa1631 speculation1631 view1634 way of thinking1650 designation1658 tend1663 would1753 predetermination1764 will to art1920 the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [noun] > way of thinking perspective1605 way of thinking1650 view1713 framework1754 ideology1896 value system1912 frame of reference1921 value orientation1940 blik1950 theology1962 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > moral tendency or way of thinking makingc1400 manners1589 way of thinking1650 make1674 1650 W. Davenant Disc. upon Gondibert 3 Some..say, that..he hath rather proved a Guide for those, whose satisfi'd wit will not venture beyond the track of others, then to them, who affect a new and remote way of thinking. 1687 H. Aldrich Reply 2 Disc. iv. 23 The Author who has a peculiar way of thinking, can think but of two expedients to evade a contradiction, in affirming a real and substantial, contra distinct to a Zuinglian Real presence. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus 57 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. The Chineses; a People, whose way of thinking, seems to lie as wide of ours in Europe, as their Country does. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. 7 81 The Thing..was, at the best, but a very mean Action, and argued a low Way of Thinking. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 3 I hope he will turn your Heart from this Way of thinking [sc. wanting to go to sea]. 1783 E. Burke in 9th Rep. Commons Sel. Comm. Bengal, Bahar, & Orissa 18 A Style,..full of quaint Terms and idiomatic phrases, which strongly bespeak English habits in the Way of Thinking. 1841 A. Helps Transact. Business in Ess. (1842) 93 It is often worth while to bestow much pains in gaining over foolish people to your way of thinking. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xi. 214 More than you will be of that way of thinking, young woman. 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms ix. 62 With some difficulty I brought him round to my way of thinking. 1964 J. A. M. Meerloo Hidden Communion ii. 23 The words ‘sign system’ and ‘communication’ limit our frame of reference and way of thinking. 2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid vii. 297 I left..determined to apply his way of thinking to my own situation and those of the people I met. (b) to my (her, etc.) way of thinking: in my (your, etc.) opinion. Cf. way of thinking at Phrases 4h. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [adverb] > in my opinion to (my) seemingc1386 to my supposinga1393 in my mindc1400 conceitc1405 in one's own conceit1483 in my fantasy1561 to my mind1600 in my seeming1604 in (also to) my conception1650 to my way of thinking1733 if you ask me1873 1733 in tr. Anc. Accts. India & China Remarks 23 Such a Ceremony.., to their way of thinking, seemed to erect the Spiritual and Temporal Authority of the Kalif in the Country where it was used. 1802 Evangelical Mag. Mar. 104 To my way of thinking, this was all a shim sham job of it. 1860 J. W. Howe Trip Cuba iii. 24 They are indebted to the famous Bahama Banks, which to their way of thinking are institutions as important as the Bank of England itself. 1929 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 11 Apr. 13/5 Of course, I refer to fly fishing, and this, to my way of thinking, is the only real way to fish trout. 1958 J. Osborne & A. Creighton Epit. G. Dillon (1960) 168 Sex doesn't mean a thing to me. To my way of thinking, love is the more important. 1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xxiii. 291 To their way of thinking I've chosen to make my way in white man's America and not stay in theirs. 1997 L. Lippman Baltimore Blues ii. 20 To her way of thinking it wasn't much different from the old strip bars. 2006 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 17 Feb. g16 Sure beats mint jelly with lamb to my way of thinking—but then, of course, also to my way of thinking, almost anything does. < as lemmas |
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