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单词 mind game
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Definition of mind game in English:

mind game

noun
  • A course of psychologically manipulative behaviour intended to discomfit another person or gain an advantage over them.

    I have been playing mind games to get him to invite us
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This kind of mind game ensures the girls are kept enslaved.
    • This is not a name-naming game - but is it a mind game?
    • According to the soldiers themselves, cross-dressing is a military mind game, a tactic that instills fear in their rivals.
    • I still think you're all playing some kind of mind game with us.
    • I think it's a psychological mind game he's still going for the drivers' title.
    • At Albrecht Oval a real psychological mind game was played.
    • Stettner plays up the sexual tension between the two women and maps out an impressive mind game here.
    • His latest attempt to psyche out Harrison has seen the 32-year-old veteran of 75 fights take an opposite tack from his previous mind game.
    • See, the Americans are insisting that the Australians will be tough, but the Aussies think it's all a mind game meant to put the pressure on them.
    • It also tries to shy away from the gruesomeness of multiple murders and the bug-eyed maniac behind them to focus on a kind of psychological mind game where cat and mouse may be interchangeable.
    • For Rhoda, a ‘game’ is specifically a mind game, connected to lying, performing, and power.
    • Swingley had seen Rick Swenson, a five-time Iditarod winner, pull psych jobs on others, so he decided to try a little mind game of his own.
    • It's just a pathetic mind game played by lefty town planners who get their kicks by persecuting motorists, because of course, we're all evil.
    • She shouldn't be giving me any kind of compassion like this, maybe she is trying to play some kind of sick mind game.
    • Tonight's State of Origin match between Queensland and New South Wales, for instance, is actually the culmination of a sophisticated mind game that's been going on for three weeks.
    • Whatever it takes to convince workers to do whatever it takes to get the company's job done really is a mind game.
    • Are you trying to tell me something I already know, or is this some kind of hypnotic mind game manufactured and conceived by desk bound salesmen to promote their latest products?
    • Whether Brooks' comments were part of a mind game, trying to get Canada to change its game because he knew his defensemen wouldn't escape under a sustained attack by the big Canadian forwards, remains a mystery.
    • Championship snooker is the ultimate mind game in which the constant challenge, in Davis' classic phrase, is ‘to play as if it means nothing when it means everything’.
    • He might simply be a loner, on the lam, already involved - or married - or playing some mind game.
 
 

Definition of mind game in US English:

mind game

nounmaɪnd ɡeɪm
  • A series of deliberate actions or responses planned for psychological effect on another, typically for amusement or competitive advantage.

    I have been playing mind games to get him to invite us
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She shouldn't be giving me any kind of compassion like this, maybe she is trying to play some kind of sick mind game.
    • See, the Americans are insisting that the Australians will be tough, but the Aussies think it's all a mind game meant to put the pressure on them.
    • Championship snooker is the ultimate mind game in which the constant challenge, in Davis' classic phrase, is ‘to play as if it means nothing when it means everything’.
    • This kind of mind game ensures the girls are kept enslaved.
    • He might simply be a loner, on the lam, already involved - or married - or playing some mind game.
    • Stettner plays up the sexual tension between the two women and maps out an impressive mind game here.
    • This is not a name-naming game - but is it a mind game?
    • Swingley had seen Rick Swenson, a five-time Iditarod winner, pull psych jobs on others, so he decided to try a little mind game of his own.
    • I think it's a psychological mind game he's still going for the drivers' title.
    • According to the soldiers themselves, cross-dressing is a military mind game, a tactic that instills fear in their rivals.
    • Whether Brooks' comments were part of a mind game, trying to get Canada to change its game because he knew his defensemen wouldn't escape under a sustained attack by the big Canadian forwards, remains a mystery.
    • Are you trying to tell me something I already know, or is this some kind of hypnotic mind game manufactured and conceived by desk bound salesmen to promote their latest products?
    • Tonight's State of Origin match between Queensland and New South Wales, for instance, is actually the culmination of a sophisticated mind game that's been going on for three weeks.
    • I still think you're all playing some kind of mind game with us.
    • At Albrecht Oval a real psychological mind game was played.
    • It also tries to shy away from the gruesomeness of multiple murders and the bug-eyed maniac behind them to focus on a kind of psychological mind game where cat and mouse may be interchangeable.
    • For Rhoda, a ‘game’ is specifically a mind game, connected to lying, performing, and power.
    • His latest attempt to psyche out Harrison has seen the 32-year-old veteran of 75 fights take an opposite tack from his previous mind game.
    • It's just a pathetic mind game played by lefty town planners who get their kicks by persecuting motorists, because of course, we're all evil.
    • Whatever it takes to convince workers to do whatever it takes to get the company's job done really is a mind game.
 
 
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