| 单词 | in their right minds |
| 释义 | in their right minds (once / 223006 pages) adj Use the phrase in their right minds to describe people who are calm, reasonable, and sane. People in their right minds would never climb into the lion enclosure at the zoo. When people are in their right minds, they make reasoned decisions and act in a normal, understandable way. It's far more common to describe someone, however, as not in his right mind: "Your brother was not in his right mind when he drove the car into that snowbank." You may suspect that you yourself are not in your right mind if you come home from the animal shelter with seven cats. WORD FAMILYin their right minds USAGE EXAMPLESI predict History will also ask who in their right minds would want to ride in the back seat at 180 mph. Wall Street Journal(Aug 18, 2016) “I don’t know anyone in their right minds who would do that – it just paints women as these ridiculous creatures.” The Guardian(Jun 25, 2016) No parents in their right minds would ever allow their son to come here alone, and certainly not to stay with Cole. Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear(2001) adj behaving responsibly Syn in her right mind, in his right mind sane mentally healthy; free from mental disorder |
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