释义 |
never mind1Used to urge someone not to worry: never mind—it’s all right now...- But never mind, we are not worrying about the logic as we work through all of this.
- Hoping N, R and A will still come, but never mind, the important thing is that It will be the Return of £1 a pint Night and me and MH's nights at the pub watching the Football!
Synonyms don't bother about, pay no attention to, don't worry about, don't concern yourself with, disregard, forget, don't take into consideration, don't give a second thought to, don't think twice about don't apologize, forget it, don't worry about it, it doesn't matter, don't mention it, it's unimportant 2 (also never you mind) Used in refusing to answer a question: never mind where I’m going...- And I didn't want to go to the pokey for - well, never you mind what I could go to the pokey for.
- My husband and I have been voluntarily using them to set a germ-free example, and it's not all that bad, especially if you use the kind with the oh, never you mind!
- He's got his own problems, never you mind.
3Used to indicate that what has been said of one thing applies even more to another: he found it hard to think, never mind talk...- But he has now gone seven years without the world championship and has not indicated a serious intention to wind down, never mind quit.
- Hazarding a look up, I forget to breathe, never mind the coffee thing.
- What would have been appropriate for a 1960s flower-power couple is probably not what a Victorian family would have had in mind, never mind a child of the 21st century.
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