单词 | heed |
释义 | heed From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishheedheed1 /hiːd/ verb [transitive] formalATTENTIONto pay attention to someone’s advice or warningheeded my warnings, none of this would have happened. If she had only → See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusheed• The advice of Bishop Michael Murphy to his flock to stay away was heeded.• There are other voices she can heed.• What you say out of it they will not heed.• When it does, the occasion is one to remember and the guidance emanating from it is something to be heeded.• Shaikhs were representatives: bound to hear and to heed, bound to persuade rather than to command.• Unfortunately our counsel was not heeded by Comrade Winnie Mandela.• Thereafter, the government's refusal to heed criticism in the press and in the Duma became increasingly intransigent.• This seems to indicate that most drivers have heeded the message of drink driving campaigns.heedheed2 noun → pay heed to something/take heed of somethingExamples from the Corpusheed• Nevertheless, he had to give heed to the more practical side of transportation.• The Macleans, confident and happy, paid little heed.• And pay no heed to Araminta's spite.• I didn't pay them no heed at the time, because in this town somebody is always looking for somebody.• I will pay heed and eventually the veil will lift.• Women of Hollywood: Take heed!• All the club and school players take heed.• Reaction to the signs varies, with some applauding the idea and others saying that few will take heed.Origin heed1 Old English hedan |
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