单词 | mindful |
释义 | mindful (once / 1228 pages) adj Being mindful means paying close attention to or being especially conscious of something. If you are aware of the fact that your friend is upset, you're mindful of her feelings. Sometimes mindful has the sense of "careful," as when a farmer is mindful of the amount of water she uses during a drought, or when you're mindful of the fact that your little sister easily gets her feelings hurt. In Old English, myndful meant "of good memory," or "having a good mind," while the related word myndig had a meaning similar to today's mindful. WORD FAMILYmindful: mindfully, mindfulness, unmindful+/mind: minded, minder, mindful, minding, mindless, minds/minded: mindedest, mindedly/minder: minders/mindless: mindlessly, mindlessness/unmindful: unmindfully, unmindfulness USAGE EXAMPLESYou want to teach her to be comfortable in the “just being” zone, which means she’s mindful of flaunting and resistant to hiding. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) When we are mindful, some of that attentional flightiness disappears as if of its own accord. New York Times(Dec 15, 2012) She’s mindful of antioxidants and other health benefits of chocolate, but mostly focuses on how much she likes the taste. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) adj bearing in mind; attentive to ever mindful of her health mindful of his responsibilities mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action Syn|Ant aware careful, heedful cautiously attentive evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonantserving to bring to mind forgetful, mindless, unmindful not mindful or attentive amnesiac, amnesicsuffering from a partial loss of memory |
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