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单词 heart
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Definition of heart in English:

heart

noun hɑːthɑrt

  • 1A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.

    心脏

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Right heart failure affects the side of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs.
    • The valve that controls blood flow between the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta.
    • Heart disease is a term used to refer to diseases of the heart and blood vessel system.
    • Instead it is when the heart cannot pump blood around the body efficiently.
    • Eventually these embryos succumbed due to the lack of correct blood flow with two hearts pumping into the same set of blood vessels.
    • A murmur is the sound of blood being pumped through the heart's chambers and valves.
    • The ejection fraction is a measure of the ability of the heart to pump blood.
    • Here's a look at how your heart works to pump blood and vital nutrients throughout your body.
    • Whilst there is breath in our lungs and blood pumping in our hearts there is hope!
    • All the patients in this study had hearts that could not pump blood properly.
    • The device has a tube entering the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber.
    • It simply means that your heart isn't pumping blood through the body as well as it should.
    • It rises to a peak, called the systolic pressure, at the height of the contraction of each heartbeat as the heart pumps blood out.
    • The Holy Grail is actually growing an organ, because people need livers, they need hearts, they need pancreases; how far down the track is that?
    • For example, there is a shortage of replacement organs such as hearts, lungs, kidneys, livers, etc.
    • Systolic pressure is the amount of pressure when the heart pumps blood into the arteries.
    • It is increased in failing human hearts and contributes to the loss of the heart's contractile strength during the development of heart failure.
    • The right side of the heart pumps blood from the body back to the lungs to be reoxygenated.
    • Researchers have been working for some time on ways to enable kidneys, hearts, and other organs from pigs to be transplanted to humans, as a way of overcoming the chronic shortage of human donor organs.
    • It tends to be a forgotten transplant, I think most people tend to think of organ transplants like hearts and kidneys etc.
    Synonyms
    informal ticker
    1. 1.1 The region of the chest above the heart.
      胸部
      holding hand on heart for the Pledge of Allegiance

      以手掌贴胸宣誓效忠。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • His knife was gleaming just above her heart, his hands poised to make the fatal move.
      • It was a thin pearl-colored gown that went down to my ankles and cut off somewhere above my heart.
      • I gripped the handle of the dagger in both hands, and positioned it in the air above my heart.
      • Men remove their baseball caps, clamping hands on hearts and swelling their chests with pride.
      • Shy, he smiled and put his hand over his heart in the ancient Central Asian manner.
      • O'Meara wears the bullet around his neck, letting it dangle above his heart.
      • His eyes locked on solider above his bed and the blade poised above his heart.
      • Relatives greet each other with a gentle hug and a kiss on the left shoulder above the heart.
    2. 1.2 The heart regarded as the centre of a person's thoughts and emotions, especially love or compassion.
      心智；感情（尤指爱心或同情心）
      hardening his heart, he ignored her entreaties

      他横下心来，不理睬她的恳求。

      he poured out his heart to me

      他向我倾吐心声。

      mass noun he has no heart

      他毫无恻隐之心。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was a boy who was full of life, energy, love and a big heart for many people whom he had met only a few times.
      • We depend on donations from loving hearts and caring hearts.
      • Well-produced digital media gives us the chance to love God with our hearts and souls as well as our minds.
      • Through His life, Jesus revealed the true heart and amazing compassion of God.
      • Have a compassionate heart that creates a little space for those who need a bit of understanding or forgiveness.
      • This fear is what keeps me from loving and receiving the love my heart has longed for since birth.
      • The passion in this film would swell the heart and emotions of the least romantic.
      • Our minds are to be as fully yielded to God and as actively engaged in loving Him as our hearts and souls are.
      • I assume, since you've chosen to look after this pet, that you have in your heart some compassion.
      • Sometimes it isn't easy, trust me, sometimes I get very upset but in the final analysis it isn't her heart, it isn't love it is just sex.
      • And I believe we must match our compassionate hearts to our preservative minds.
      • There are so few people in the world who have a kind heart and love for life and Will seems to have both.
      • There's a lot of love in my heart for several of your local booty-shakers.
      • He measures by the cost to the individual, the motive of the heart, and the love involved.
      • You love to pour your heart and your art into making gifts with a personal punch.
      • Let me go through this day with love in my heart, a sense of humor and a positive attitude.
      • Perhaps it's just something in the Autumn air, egging us on to do what our hearts love, what our minds desire.
      • It is as good for your heart to write love letters as it is to receive them.
      • I thank you also from my heart for the love you gave her during her life and the honor you now give her in death.
      • We are real people with hearts that love, minds that think and souls that are as pure as any man's!
      Synonyms
      emotions, feelings, sentiments, soul, mind, bosom, breast
      love, affection, passion
      sympathy, pity, concern, compassion
    3. 1.3mass noun One's mood or feeling.
      情绪，心情
      they had a change of heart

      他们变心了。

      they found him well and in good heart

      他们发现他身体健康心情愉悦。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We all move into the final phase of the campaign in good heart and cautiously confident of victory.
      • The club is in good heart with a number of new players vying for places.
      • He performed strongly at the final prime minister's questions, sending his troops off in good heart.
      • So that makes Costello's seeming change of heart on interest rates all the more damning.
      • Whoever their opponents, York will enter the fray in good heart after a weekend double over West Leeds of Yorkshire Two.
      • It has now had a change of heart, no doubt scared of losing customers and face had it welshed on the deal, and says it will stick to the original quote.
      • The visitors resumed in good heart and their front five dominated in set pieces.
      • She's clearly in good heart and can be backed on her next couple of runs.
      • In examining these estimates, we note that this economy is in good heart.
      • On the basis that he is in good heart and likes running around the County Tipperary racecourse he is put forward to win again.
      • She has since had a change of heart following media interest in her role.
      • The ride home at night put all in good heart and the Secretary reports that they feel as if a very good start has been made for the season.
      • The five-year-old is unbeaten in two outings on the Polytrack surface and is trained by a man who has had his horses in good heart all winter.
      • Now he's moving on himself - but leaving behind a station in good heart and with a sound future.
      • Wanderers want to forget the Villa disappointment and go into the Fulham game in good heart.
      • Airedale Hospital is in good heart after it unveiled a vital new piece of equipment for local cardiac patients.
      • Honey crop is taken once a year preferably, if bees are to be kept in good heart.
      • However both will go in good heart, eyeing up a shock or at least a replay back home.
      • It was all in good heart and we had a laugh over it but she never trusted me after that.
      • So they would have travelled to Barnet in good heart to play another former Conference side who had lost their opening three matches.
      Synonyms
      compassion, sympathy, humanity, feeling(s), fellow feeling, concern for others, brotherly love, tender feelings, tenderness, empathy, understanding
      kindness, kindliness, goodwill, benevolence, humanitarianism
    4. 1.4mass noun Courage or enthusiasm.
      勇气；热情
      they may lose heart as the work mounts up

      工作量不断增加可能会使他们泄气。

      Mary took heart from the encouragement handed out

      玛丽受到鼓励后树立了信心。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Tyrone took heart from the miss and finished as strongly as they started.
      • I took heart from this Easter post by Rebecca on the resurrection of Jesus.
      • Carrisi has a high and powerful voice and sings with a lot of heart and soul.
      • Southern Ontario's underground rock scene discovered some local history and took heart.
      • At first Stiles took heart; the film was good, she was proud of everybody's work and knew that some day people would get to see it.
      • However captain Richard Roberts took heart from his squad's performance.
      • Their electronics, guitars, heart and soul have also made them one of the most influential bands of all time.
      • Erratic, uneven and hyperactive it may be, but this is home-made film-making with heart and soul.
      • She took heart from the performance of the winner of her event in Sydney.
      • The Thai fought with heart and desire but that will very seldom beat speed, experience and power.
      • I took heart from Dr Duke's belief that the smarter you are, the harder it is to solve.
      • He took heart that Labour did not need to introduce any affirmative action for this election.
      • Glenflesk though obviously disappointed can take heart from the display of a relatively young side.
      • Abandoning pretty pictures, car chases and clichés is something to be applauded if it means films made with heart and soul.
      • Arciris concluded her talk by urging young and old not to be complacent and to take heart.
      • Our hope is that our songs are strong enough to be covered or played different ways and still retain heart and soul.
      • He lives and breathes pantomime and every year puts heart and soul into his productions.
      • Both had given heart and soul and a lot more besides to win the match and yet one was the victor and the other vanquished.
      • I wanted heart and passion from the players at half-time and they certainly displayed that
      • Unionists took heart from Mr Adams' comment that his party wanted to ensure the poll took place in the best atmosphere.
      Synonyms
      enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness, spirit, determination, resolution, resolve, purpose, courage, backbone, spine, nerve, stomach, will, will power, fortitude, bravery, stout-heartedness
      informal guts, spunk, grit
      British informal bottle
      vulgar slang balls
      wholeheartedly, enthusiastically, eagerly, zealously, unreservedly, absolutely, thoroughly, completely, entirely, fully, totally, utterly, body and soul, to the hilt, with open arms, one hundred per cent, all the way

  • 2The central or innermost part of something.

    中心；最里面

    right in the heart of the city

    在城市正中心。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A stunning garden at the heart of the city's European Flower Festival stopped workers and shoppers in their tracks.
    • Rabat and Sale were the twin cities at the heart of this Republic.
    • Police raids along Katondo street in the heart of the capital city, Lusaka, are not new.
    • I'm referring to London Court situated in the heart of the city in the Hay Street Mall.
    • The answer is Pirates for Peace, a radio station for young people based at the Albert Basin in the heart of the city.
    • Each of these shows will play in the heart of Cork City to about 3,000 people.
    • An immense barrier through the heart of the city, the connector ends at the parking garage.
    • It is a central location in the heart of Saskatoon and it should be pretty easy to get to.
    • The Pavilion will be built in Victoria Square in the heart of the city.
    • The old heart of the city is earmarked for major regeneration.
    • Deep in the heart of Central India there is a wild forest surrounded by sheer 1,200 feet high cliffs.
    • In the heart of the vast central square of the place she caught sight of a recognizable object.
    • The Vaal rises in the central heart of South Africa and debouches many hundreds of miles later into the Atlantic Ocean.
    • The national capital is Mexico City, situated in the heart of central Mexico.
    • Modern viticulture Uzbekistan is in the very heart of central Asia, on the same latitude as Italy.
    • The historic heart of the city is centrally situated on the northwest axis, and towards the eastern border.
    • In the heart of the central medallion is an eight-petalled flower symbolizing the centre of the universe.
    • A retail developer that breathed new life into a road that was once the heart of a city has won a major award for the pioneering scheme.
    • We were standing on the roof of Mushtaq's school in Aminabad, the oldest quarter of the city and the heart of old Lucknow.
    • But some of the barracks to which the armed men would return under the new order are located in the heart of the city.
    Synonyms
    centre, central part, middle, hub, core, nucleus, kernel, eye, bosom, navel
    1. 2.1 The vital part or essence.
      中心，要点，实质；要素
      the heart of the matter

      事情的实质。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • At its heart is a fundamental disagreement about how best to provide the highest quality and most efficient healthcare to Scots.
      • Trust is not only at the heart of leadership but forms the essence of all relationships.
      • At no stage was there any conversation of substance about the heart of the matter: what is the purpose of criminal justice.
      • This is the root of the fundamental dishonesty at the heart of the euro debate.
      • In the early twenties the heart of activity on Central Avenue was around Ninth Street.
      • Several columnists for mainstream daily newspapers cut to the heart of the matter.
      • Why is centralized strategic planning the heart of integrated marketing communications?
      • Decentralization becomes an ideology only when we allow it to be, but the heart of the matter is how to manage changes.
      • Between the two of them they get to the heart of the matter: brand awareness.
      • Either way, she just doesn't grasp the core principle at the heart of this entire matter.
      • There is now a central paradox at the heart of political life.
      • This could be pioneered in Scotland and patients' rights placed at the heart of the matter.
      • The Executive's proposals are at the heart of a fundamental review of NHS dental services in Scotland.
      • This is the real heart of the matter - to what extent do resources have to be accompanied by reform?
      • It is this second arrow that really goes to the heart of the matter.
      • The argument over assimilation versus separation is at the heart of the matter.
      • The vital service is at the heart of the work of The Carers' Resource and will now have to be withdrawn.
      • It is not an image which instils much confidence in the future success of the vital relationship at the heart of government.
      • I also love the American late night chat show hosts and their ability to be able to cut to the chase and go to the heart of the matter with their politicians.
      • The album manages to capture the essence and heart of the psalm beautifully.
      Synonyms
      essence, quintessence, crux, core, nub, root, gist, meat, marrow, pith, substance, sum and substance, essential part, intrinsic nature, kernel, nucleus
      informal nitty-gritty
    2. 2.2 The close compact head of a cabbage or lettuce.
      （卷心菜的）菜心；（叶用莴苣的）心
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When most of the tomato juice is heated away, add the artichoke hearts.
      • Put in the artichoke hearts chopped roughly and add salt, pepper and sugar.
      • Others win because they simply save a lot of time: beans, roasted red peppers, roasted green chilies, and artichoke hearts and bottoms.
      • When I reached into the neat row of hearts of Romaine lettuce, I felt a shock shoot up from the tip of my finger, through my arm, right through my shoulder.

  • 3A conventional representation of a heart with two equal curves meeting at a point at the bottom and a cusp at the top.

    心形

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Mohegan Sun wedding cake is vanilla flavored and decorated with bows and hearts.
    • She looked down and noticed that she was wearing her pajamas; a purple t-shirt and a pair of white pajama bottoms with hearts on them.
    • Montanans have used a wide variety of artistic brands - from hearts and crosses and dots and triangles to circles and half moons, even swastikas.
    • From her ears now hung two earrings with stylized garnet hearts at the bottom of them.
    • The day associated with tacky red hearts, cards, chocolates and flowers also has a spiritual root that is being explored by the Newbridge parish.
    • The last thing you find is a pair of earrings that have hearts dangling at the bottom.
    1. 3.1hearts One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a red heart-shaped figure.
      （纸牌）红桃
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That is, you can only bid hearts on hearts, clubs on clubs etc.
      • The owner said they were arguing about which way the queen of hearts looks in a pack of cards.
      • A Courage card's courage is represented by its face value (i.e. a seven of hearts has a courage of seven) or fifteen if it is a face card.
      • All of the hearts go on hearts and clubs go on clubs and so on.
      • This straight can be of mixed suits, for example: 2 of diamonds, 3 of clubs, 4 of spades, 5 of hearts.
      • There is no ranking between the suits - so for example the king of hearts and the king of spades are equal.
      • Saving both spades worked out very well for Ann because Bill saved spades rather than hearts.
      • Before the set, the two and three of spades and the two and three of hearts should be removed from the deck.
      • Lots of low spades are usually good but can win lots of hearts.
      • To collect the king-queen stake you have to play the queen and king of hearts consecutively.
      • There are four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs); however, no suit is higher than another.
      • For example, playing the queen of hearts indicates to your partner that you have a strong diamonds.
      • It can be played to a heart lead and if it is led, hearts must be followed.
      • Diamonds are highest, followed by clubs, then spades, then hearts.
      • If anyone gets the 2 of hearts dealt up, he has automatically won.
      • Next, blindly and randomly remove from each deck six clubs and six hearts.
      • For every trick that is taken, ten points are awarded, provided that it contains no hearts.
      • The classic order of suits is hearts above diamonds, and spades above clubs.
      • Thus, if the first card played is the eight of hearts, the next player may play any eight, or he may play the seven or nine of hearts.
      • For example, a ten of hearts, jack of diamonds, queen of clubs, and king of hearts is a keeper over a pair of 10s.
    2. 3.2 A card of the suit of hearts.
      一张红桃
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A face card and a heart are removed and the twenty remaining cards are dealt out.
      • Each heart scores one point, and the queen of spades scores 13 points.
      • Then you play the three big hearts and after them, lead both of your trumps.
      • Players must follow suit if possible, and a player with no cards of the suit led must play a heart.
    3. 3.3hearts A card game similar to whist, in which players attempt to avoid taking tricks containing a card of the suit of hearts.
      红心牌戏（与惠斯特相似，玩牌者须避免吃进红心花色的牌）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I like games like hearts where each heart card just counts a point.
      • However, instead of passing cards as in normal hearts, each player places three of the cards in his/her hand face down in the center of the table.
      • Suggestions from players of the game are that you should play the game like hearts, and others say you should play as normal whist, however both ideas have obvious problems.
      • People have worked out five-suit versions of other card games, including spades, bridge, hearts, and various types of solitaire.
      • Clara told me, a little embarrassed, after they'd retired to her father's study for a round of hearts, bridge, backgammon or some other card game.

  • 4usually with modifier The condition of agricultural land as regards fertility.

    （土地的）肥力

    a well-maintained farm in good heart
verb hɑːthɑrt
[with object]informal

  • Like very much; love.

    〈非正式〉喜爱；深爱

    I totally heart this song

    我很喜爱这首歌。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thanks for all the reviews I heart you guys mucho!
    • She is amazing and I heart her to the nth degree.

Phrases

  • after one's own heart

    • Sharing one's tastes or views.

      he looked like a man after my own heart
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now there's a man after my own heart, if not my age!
      • Here are people after my own heart, who love the great GKC and who incarnate his odd funky hilarious and sensible spirit better than anybody I know.
      • So it was with great excitement (I don't get out much) then that I found a Web site after my own heart.
      • Indeed, he seems to have been a a man after my own heart.
      • It was that last detail - the piles of books pushed aside to make room to eat - that sent me in search of all of David's writings; I knew that here was a food writer after my own heart, stomach, and mind.
      • Rachael is a girl after my own heart - she chooses to take lunch at the organic Elderberry Pond Farm where the burgers look amazing.
      • A woman after your own heart, she and her sugar lust need to be indulged.
      • A man after my own heart, Kaplan did his elective year in the Seychelles.
      • A class full of non-morning people is a class after my own heart, except of course for the times I have to teach them in the morning.
      • A man after my own heart, he still hand-codes his site for each entry, nesting tables within tables and thumbing his nose at structured data.
      Synonyms
      like-minded, of the same mind, similar to oneself, kindred, compatible, congenial, sharing one's tastes

  • at heart

    • In one's real nature, in contrast to how one may appear.

      就其本性而言；在内心里；本质上

      he's a good lad at heart

      他是个好心的小伙子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's full of non-stop action, laughter, drama and is perfect for the very young and young at heart.
      • He was a strong and rugged elf who could often appear aggressive, but was truly kind and noble at heart.
      • The event promises to be fun for the whole family for the young and for those who are still children at heart.
      • The truth is, I am a hopeless romantic at heart and nothing will change that.
      • I started churches using these paradigms but it was never really who I was at heart.
      • We're all little kids at heart and yet the place has the ability to make people build very hard exteriors and ruin lives.
      • He was a kind and gentle man who remained young at heart to the end.
      • Inspiring to have a parent who's managed to develop wisdom but still stay as young at heart as they were when I was tiny.
      • A time when audiences full of the young and young at heart can embrace their innocence and enjoy the magic of theatre.
      • He enjoys his job and finds it a challenge but we are home birds at heart and enjoy spending all our time with each other and the children.
      Synonyms
      basically, fundamentally, essentially, at bottom, deep down, in essence, intrinsically, innately

  • break someone's heart

    • Overwhelm someone with sadness.

      使心碎

      it would break her heart to have to leave
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But his stories still roar, they still frighten, they still overwhelm, they still break your heart, and they still make you want to grab the person next to you and hold on.
      • She was just absolutely hysterically funny in parts and then she broke your heart in other parts.
      • Riley was a mess, she had reason to be, but she was so upset, it just broke my heart to see her like that.
      • ‘He loves his mum, he loves his family and it breaks his heart to realise he has caused them considerable distress over the years,’ added Mr Pickles.
      • When he finishes, her sadness descends so quickly, it nearly breaks his heart.
      • Last year, I spent the night being depressed because the ex broke my heart.
      • It breaks your heart - it absolutely breaks your heart.
      • It breaks my heart to see him look so confused and upset.
      • And that enough saddened me and broke my heart because I know what those families are going through.
      • He hated to upset her, it broke his heart to see her cry.
      Synonyms
      make sad, sadden, make unhappy, cast down, get down, make gloomy, make despondent, dispirit

  • by heart

    • From memory.

      凭记忆

      Example sentencesExamples
      • One still hears tales of settlers who cleared the bush while reciting Shakespeare and Shelley by heart.
      • He read all the books and I do mean all and could recite large passages of film dialogue by heart.
      • Everybody in the country, from kindergarten children to retirees, learned the plays by heart.
      • They know all the answers here by heart and repeat them with all the thought of a parrot.
      • Once there they are said to have to learn by heart a great deal of poetry; indeed many stay on in training for twenty years.
      • When he first entered Parliament he learnt his speeches by heart.
      • Only 25, he has already notched up more than 40 performances, and knows it pretty much by heart.
      • In the light of the furnace flame, one of the men got up and started to recite the biblical passages by heart.
      • I was little, tiny, and I as soon as I knew the words by heart I would repeat them in a rhythmic mantra until I fell asleep.
      • Poems and plays only come fully to life when they are spoken, from the heart, by heart.
      Synonyms
      from memory, off pat, by rote, off by heart, word for word, verbatim, parrot-fashion, word-perfect

  • close (or dear) to (or near) one's heart

    • Of deep interest and concern to one.

      感兴趣

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yet in all his pursuits, he kept the people's interest close to his heart and raised voice in the legislature as well as outside.
      • There's a small… shrine… I suppose, to a few precious items that are dear to my heart.
      • He took a keen interest in current affairs and never shirked a challenge when it came to debating things of political interest that were close to his heart.
      • I probably shouldn't be describing anything by founding fathers of punk as a darling perfect little gem of a song you just want to keep close to your heart and love and cherish forever, but it really just is.
      • The land was close to his heart as were the people who were rooted in the soil and the psyche of the rural heartlands.
      • I do not know when and why a particular place becomes dear to one's heart.
      • It's rather that the issue is so near and dear to my heart that I've been mulling what I think and considering the pros and cons of Peter's argument.
      • The site was particularly close to his heart, as it was while fishing and swimming in the Wandle area that he developed his environmental enthusiasm.
      • Of all Joe's stories to date, this series has been particularly dear to my heart, and these two new episodes are among his very best.
      • However, this was particularly close to my heart.
      Synonyms
      favourite, favoured, cherished, prized, dear to one's heart, preferred, particular, special, chosen, personal, treasured, precious

  • the dead heart (also the dead centre)

    • The arid interior of Australia.

      a journey to the dead heart of the continent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His vision extended further into the Dead heart of the continent.
      • He's always been an outdoorsy type, ever since he was a kid hitching his way across the dead heart.
      • I am in the middle of the desert in the dead heart of Australia.
      • She had the uncomplicated confidence to believe she could walk the dead heart of Australia.
      • Rather than paint the desert as the dead heart, he presented it as luminous with engaging individual qualities.
      • There were beaches to the south, hills to the north, and the dead heart beyond.
      • The outback here seems acute, shrill and incandescent, making him one of the first directors to portray the dead heart as a place full of vibrant life.
      • One can imagine the river, that gurgle of water, a searing temptation for the heat bursting forth from the dead heart of this red island continent.
      • The popular bush journalist criticised those who described much of inland Australia as the dead heart.
      • The journey is described in his crossing the Dead Heart, which is as much self-portrait as record of travel and topography.

  • the dry heart

    • 1The arid uninhabited centre of a country, region, state, etc.

      the dry heart of California
      1. 1.1Australian NZ Central Australia.
        the huge, dry heart of this country might be the stuff our Aussie myths are made of, but most of us still stick firmly to the coast
        Example sentencesExamples
        • This rural agricultural area is the increasingly dry heart of the nation's productive farmland.
        • Imagine an Australia with endless acres of irrigated crops scattered through its dry heart.
        • The team travelled 3,000 kilometers across the dry heart of Australia using only the power of the sun.
        • Now confined to the dry heart of the desert, the Sonoran pronghorn has declined precipitously in recent years.
        • The familiar sight here at the Simpson Desert is ridge upon ridge of deep red sand that stretches from horizon to horizon in the dry heart of Australia.
        • This is a cinema of spatial oppositions, with fragile coastline and the dry heart.

  • from the (bottom of one's) heart

    • With sincere feeling.

      发自内心的（地）；诚心诚意的（地）

      their warmth and hospitality is right from the heart

      他们的热情好客是发自内心的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mother smiled and it was a genuine smile, right from the bottom of her heart.
      • I will therefore offer a simple yet most sincere thank you from the bottom of my heart.
      • Acting is one thing that has to come from the bottom of one's heart and it should come spontaneously.
      • I am really very, truly from the bottom of my heart, sorry for the gossip I have spread.
      • I mean them all from the bottom of my heart and have never said anything as sincere.
      • ‘I want to express my appreciation from the bottom of my heart,’ says the sister of one of the hostages, bowing and crying.
      • I am truly sorry from the bottom of my heart, and I will try to keep my ego in check.
      • Many donations come without addresses, so I can't even send thank you letters, but I do thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.
      • And she genuinely, from the bottom of her heart, gave herself.
      • ‘I want to sincerely thank everyone from the bottom of my heart,’ he said.
      Synonyms
      sincerely, with all one's heart, earnestly, fervently, passionately, truly, truthfully, genuinely, devoutly, heartily, heart and soul, with all sincerity

  • give (or lose) one's heart to

    • Fall in love with.

      爱上

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm sure Sandy and I stayed in the pool for a while after, just lying there uncomfortably together - both knowing it was probably the last time. The first girl in my life I ever truly gave my heart to, had torn it out and danced the Madison on it.
      • I'm just more careful about who I give my heart to now.
      • It was the guy she gave her heart to and never took back.
      • Our thoughts were turning lightly toward love and we were losing our heart to the boy/girl next door.
      • You may not be on the serious stage of the relationship business, but you've got to be serious on whom to give your heart to.
      • But she has lost her heart to this man and is determined that love will win the day.
      • A lord intends to force his sister to wed a rich man she does not love to save the family fortunes - while she has lost her heart to her brother's sworn enemy.
      • She loved him and now that he loved her, she wasn't sure if she could give her heart to him.
      • You have to allow your mind to rest and trust the one you have chosen to give your heart to.
      • In between all of that, I met another fantastic man, who, I could have… and in many ways did give my heart to.
      Synonyms
      fall in love with, fall for, become infatuated with, be smitten by

  • have a heart

    • often in imperativeBe merciful; show pity.

      发慈悲，怜悯

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I have a heart for the underdog, and I will do everything in my power to help them succeed as models.
      • The love and affection lavished on her made very good photographs and showed that India did have a heart.
      • You may not have a heart, but your bank balance can bleed too.
      • Here in the heartland we have a heart for families, and this is how deeply we feel about marriage.
      • People from outside saw that we're not just ‘as tough as nails’ but have a heart.
      • Ideally, you should be bold and tell him face to face, but have a heart and do it when you two are alone.
      • This is a spoiled-rotten kid who doesn't have a clue - who doesn't have a heart!
      • However, if you see me sniffing forlornly tomorrow morning on the Northern Line, have a heart, eh?
      • They've given over a million dollars through our services to the evacuees there and so they have a heart.
      • And while you may well have a brain, you most certainly don't have a heart.
      Synonyms
      be compassionate, be kind, be merciful, be lenient, be sympathetic, be considerate, take pity, have mercy

  • have a heart of gold

    • Have a generous nature.

      有一颗仁厚的心，有一颗金子般的心

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You're not too quick on the uptake, but you have a heart of gold.
      • Jenn's one tough cookie but she has a heart of gold.
      • The bully boy stores up power, as it were: the power to disarm by turning out to have a heart of gold after all.
      • Micheál was described by his family this week as having a heart of gold, a boy who displayed a kindness and consideration for others that touched the lives of all those who met him.
      • She always puts others before herself, she has a heart of gold.
      • The event was very well-attended, with Bangaloreans proving, yet again, that the city has a heart of gold.
      • Maybe it's to do with part of her ‘stuff and nonsense’ approach and that, whilst sometimes misguided, she has a heart of gold.
      • Now's the chance to show our charities that we have a heart of gold.
      • Contrary to public opinion - and he probably won't thank me for saying it - this man has a heart of gold.
      • He may have a heart of gold, but no one appreciates it.

  • have the heart to do something

    • usually with negativeBe insensitive or hard-hearted enough to do something.

      忍心

      I don't have the heart to tell her

      我不忍心告诉她。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is part of what I mean by no one having the heart to tell him.
      • Then, not having the heart to see more, I got on my bike and rode away.
      • Then I remembered how our plans for some time together was interrupted last weekend and I didn't have the heart to try and back out of it.
      • I didn't have the heart to tell them that the kids today who want hard core, intense music don't listen to rock.
      • He didn't have the heart to tell her she was thanking the wrong rabbi.
      • Nor do I have the heart to be suspicious of any of our customers.
      • I didn't have the heart to tell her that the rabbit's success had nothing to do with me: it had won solely on its merits as a rabbit.
      • But he looked devastated so I didn't have the heart to be too cross.
      • But after so many years of heartache and fruitless searching, Claire did not have the heart to ring the number.
      • No-one has the heart to put him down, which is fair enough.

  • have (or put) one's heart in

    • Be (or become) keenly involved in or committed to (an enterprise)

      全心全意地投入

      he does not seem to have his heart in the role

      他似乎对这个角色并不很投入。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • How could I put my heart in words so basic, so concrete and cold?
      • When he did try to hype a fight, bad-mouthing an opponent, he never seemed to have his heart in it.
      • She felt bad for not really having her heart in the relationship anymore.
      • It comes from wanting to do something and having your heart in it.
      • To really succeed at something, you need to have your heart in it.
      • An exception would be when he did something like his ‘World of the Wizard King’ series, where you could see he really had his heart in the work.
      • All I can say is that I feel very sorry for Dominic because he definitely had his heart in Livingston and Scottish football and he felt whatever he was doing, he was doing right.
      • The players did not have their heart in the tournament essentially because of the timing of the competition and the choice of the venues.
      • To think I am doing all of this work and putting my heart in this and it won't mean a thing… is something I can't even stand to think about…
      • Perhaps, in part, I realize that my parents really did not have their heart in the beatings.

  • have one's heart in one's mouth

    • Be greatly alarmed or apprehensive.

      提心吊胆，担心

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Parreira, like other Brazilian fans, is sure to have his heart in his mouth when the shaky Brazilian defence is tested when his attacking full-backs and central midfielders are in the other half of the field.
      • I only thought about it the day before the game and had my heart in my mouth from then on.
      • It's been so long and did anyone else have their heart in their mouth at the way they tossed the little urn around?
      • He grins as he talks: ‘I couldn't watch the second half - I had my heart in my mouth for most of it and it was just nerve-wracking.’
      • I always had my heart in my mouth because of the people out there saying and doing insensitive or hateful things.
      • Griffin had his heart in his mouth on 63 minutes after Simak and Franca made the most of Bramble's slip to force their way into the penalty area, the full-back diving in to drive the ball just wide of his own goal.

  • have one's heart in the right place

    • Be sincere or well intentioned.

      为人诚恳；怀善意

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She is talented and intelligent, and outside of politics, seems to have her heart in the right place… It is petty partisan snipes like this that make us look bad.
      • By the same token, Rawkus had their heart in the right place.
      • She still says dumb things, but I think she's crawling back toward God over a lot of broken glass and, despite some screws loose in her thinking, has her heart in the right place.
      • The question to be answered now is: Which candidate has their heart in the right place?
      • Mr Manning, you appear to have your heart in the right place, but your advisers are misleading you.
      • The people who run Showtime really have their heart in the right place when it comes to exploring social issues other networks have refused to touch.
      • As anyone who has ever recited the Pledge of Allegiance will attest, having your heart in the right place means having it on your left side.
      • And the beauty part, for the reader, is that no actual achievement, no objective superiority, is required: it's all a matter of having your heart in the right place.
      • He does have his heart in the right place but has to accept that without considerable subsidies, airline travel to the islands will never be commercially viable.
      • Yet despite keeping such low company, Brennan appears to have his heart in the right place.

  • heart of stone

    • A stern or cruel nature.

      铁石心肠

      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by what the victims said today,’ he said.
      • You would have to have a heart of stone not to be weeping with laughter at that line.
      • Isn't it common knowledge that those having a heart of stone and tending to be self-centred are often blessed with a better life than those given to compassion and compliance with the morality and ethics?
      • The complex network of mediaeval-style guilds who control British medicine are hurt by this in so many ways that, in the words of Oscar Wilde, ‘it would take a heart of stone not be amused’.
      • In another sort of movie their love would hit the rocks, but in the end everything would come right - and you'd need a heart of stone not to be rooting for it to come right - because these people are made for each other.
      • Whatever your cynical prejudices, you would need a heart of stone to look at the childhood letters and family photos without feeling some sneaking sense of pathos.
      • Unless you're an absolutely minimalist modernist with a heart of stone, sooner or later you'll probably be tempted to add a daub of colour to your garden with some artfully positioned annuals.
      • You would need to have a heart of stone not to be moved by the news of the little boy from Down who was washed away as his mate tried to save him.
      • Only a man with a heart of stone could read ‘We celebrate our oneness with Akron, Summit County and beyond’ without laughing till his breath failed him.
      • You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh, wouldn't you?

  • hearts and flowers

    • Used in allusion to extreme sentimentality.

      感伤，多愁善感

      hearts and flowers music
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some people will always be interested in that, and some people will always be interested in hearts and flowers.
      • All may not be hearts and flowers in her version of domesticity, but neither is she making heavy-handed comments about drudgery.
      • Ben winced and Leo could tell his friend was hoping that the answer was going to be all hearts and flowers.
      • As this show proves, the marriage of computers and art is not always about hearts and flowers.
      • It's about hearts and minds instead of hearts and flowers, says Zwickey.
      • This is the signature of a hearts and flowers, knight in shining armor aspect.
      • These days, I find that I waver between a desire for solitude and a desire to be part of a relationship - a choice between independence and simplicity, or hearts and flowers (well, OK, maybe not the flowers).
      • You need romance, hearts and flowers, and lots of conversation to turn you on and keep you going.
      • This week it's all hearts and flowers and flags.
      • Should it be hearts and flowers, a verse, modern and ‘cool’, cute bears, slightly naughty, innuendo, blatant cheek?
      Synonyms
      mawkish, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy

  • hearts and minds

    • Used in reference to emotional and intellectual support or commitment.

      全心全意

      a campaign to win the hearts and minds of America's college students

      争取美国大学生全心支持的运动。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • America and the West clearly won the war here, and they won so many hearts and minds.
      • In short, it has to include also an ideological struggle for winning the hearts and minds of Muslims.
      • The first discards any pretence of attempting to win hearts and minds, and any shred of moral decency.
      • Bombing crowds of young men applying for jobs is not an effective way to win hearts and minds.
      • It is music that transcends the man and wins the audience's hearts and minds.
      • American popular culture once again wins hearts and minds where the armed forces not always can.
      • Although it is still not revelation enough to win over the hearts and minds of those jaded to reality TV or pop generally.
      • If this is how the French think they can win hearts and minds in the war of ideas, they're making a big mistake.
      • Because there is little effort made by the progressive left to try and win the hearts and minds of these idealistic young people.
      • Their strategy was to win the hearts and minds of ordinary Israelis.

  • one's heart's desire

    • A person or thing that one greatly wishes for.

      心之所爱

      he confided to me that his heart's desire was really to pursue dentistry
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's a tragedy in my book that students who achieve wonderful results are left disappointed and disillusioned simply because the points system denies them their heart's desire.
      • When my children were young I, too, wanted them to have their heart's desire for Christmas.
      • Feel its vital life force obliterating anger and irritation - flowing, shaping and creating your heart's desire.
      • The Lovers symbolizes a choice between duty versus your heart's desire, take a risk and it could lead to greater happiness and emotional fulfilment, stay dutiful and life will remain the same.
      • With your meal, you can sup Chinese tea to your heart's desire.
      • You are closer to achieving your heart's desire as you move towards new business opportunities and wider horizons.
      • In fact, I'm becoming increasingly concerned that I might be missing out on my big chance to achieve my heart's desire just because I don't read the right magazines.
      • Somehow, because I value his ideas more than any item, he never gets the feeling that I am rejecting his wishes or depriving him of his heart's desire.
      • War gives them their liberty and sends them, like boys bounding out of school, to obtain their heart's desire or perish in the attempt.
      • So how do creative people make ends meet whilst doing their heart's desire?

  • one's heart goes out to

    • One feels intense sympathy for.

      my heart goes out to the grieving family
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My heart goes out to his daughter; it must have been a terrible ordeal for her.
      • I would say that to be able to give this marrow is just absolutely nothing compared to what he's going through, and my heart goes out to him.
      • There are other people out there who are worse off than us and if we are struggling, my heart goes out to them.
      • As a father, my heart goes out to the family.
      • The horrendous rail accident, with its tragic loss of life, has distressed everyone and our hearts go out to all who have suffered because of it.

  • one's heart sinks

    • Used to express a feeling of sudden sadness or dismay.

      心往下沉（用以表示突然的难过或悲痛）

      her heart sank as she thought of Craig

      一想到克雷格，她的心就往下沉。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When you hear news like that your heart sinks to the bottom of your stomach.
      • I avidly scanned the newspaper to see if there was a special hotline number, when my heart sank as I read the ending paragraphs, ‘Under new legislation which comes into force next year’.
      • For the first half of the set I wasn't that moved by the band and I have to confess my heart sank when the acoustic guitar put in an appearance for a couple of the distinctly whimsical nostalgic songs.
      • ‘We've lost email and Internet access,’ came the call and my heart sank as I recalled the pointless forty-eight hours from a week or two back.
      • Anyway, personally my heart sinks when people notice that first rather than the richness of the character interaction, but whatever.
      • Although first impressions were favourable - the refit is a beautiful job - I have to admit that my heart sank when I saw the menu, which was heavy on basics such as steaks and cutlets, and even offered burgers.
      • When this became apparent to Tom (the names have been changed to protect the innocent) my heart sank at the look of confusion and panic that clouded his face.
      • Of course, as the morning developed, my heart sank.
      • Laura was having a great time, but then all of a sudden, her heart sank.
      • Each year there are things that you feel great about and then at other times your heart sinks.

  • in one's heart of hearts

    • In one's inmost feelings.

      情绪，心情

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Is it because, in their heart of hearts, the hardy Falklanders are themselves dreamers?
      • She was perfectly aware that Paul was glancing at her every few seconds, and in her heart of hearts, she was secretly pleased, though she didn't even raise her eyes from her writing and look back at him, even once.
      • And in your heart of hearts, you know what problems are.
      • They had been stolen along with the box, and you know in your heart of hearts that the thief has probably just thrown them out of the car window.
      • Well, in future, whenever he grants you a measly yearly pay rise, you will know in your heart of hearts that actually what he is doing is acknowledging your intellectual superiority.
      • She backed it up by saying that maybe I secretly - in my heart of hearts - wanted to proclaim my love for Danny.
      • I mean, most people, maybe in their heart of hearts, don't think their child's coming home.
      • Now, in your heart of hearts, you'd like them to have all been impotent or jailed, but that's not life.
      • Now, everybody mouths merely what's expected of them, rather than what lurks in their heart of hearts.
      • Relatives may give you quizzical looks, and so may friends, but you know in your heart of hearts that you are following your inner voice.
      Synonyms
      inwardly, inside, internally, within, deep down, deep down inside, deep within, at heart, in one's mind, to oneself

  • take something to heart

    • Take criticism seriously and be affected or upset by it.

      （对批评等）很在意（或感到不快）

      he took Wilson's criticism to heart
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But when you get older you realise there's no point in getting upset or taking it to heart when people are making comments about you.
      • Rather than taking this criticism to heart - and perhaps even trying to do better - Sammy instead began pouting.
      • Then I'll learn from their example and take their criticisms to heart.
      • I ended up taking the criticism to heart and worrying about what I'd heard all week.
      • I'm prepared to accept criticism and take it to heart if it's constructive.
      • According to surveys by several executive compensation consultants, boards took the criticism to heart.
      • So I really took her advice to heart and never criticized any of his speeches.
      • It's easy to take the criticism to heart but that will put us further in the mire.
      • The Coast Guard took this criticism to heart and proposed two significant changes to its boat defect recall laws.
      • Through most of this period, I've tried to focus on taking the criticisms to heart - understanding the arguments, looking closely at the evidence, and trying to separate the wheat from the chaff.

  • to one's heart's content (or delight)

    • To the full extent of one's desires.

      尽情地

      the children could run and play to their heart's content

      孩子们可以尽情地奔跑玩耍。

      in an older vehicle, you can ride around to your heart's delight

      在一辆老式车里，你可以心旷神怡地开着兜风。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Please feel free to explore the drawers, the plants, the telephone, the computer screen, the floor, the chair and the keyboard to your heart's content.
      • She's promised to let me play to my heart's content with her cabinet full of 78s.
      • It has a lot of tucked away places where you can drop in, hang around, browse to your heart's content and walk away without feeling guilty about not buying anything.
      • It's an appealing formula, after all: for those with a fear of culinary commitment, you can eat to your heart's content without being married to a single dish.
      • It is an idea that will cheer the hearts of those who would love to eat to their heart's content.
      • Rest assured, gentle commenters: I put the comments box there for you to scribble to your heart's content (within word count limits, which I can't control).
      • You may use our RSS feeds to your heart's content, provided you do not publish the full text of our articles.
      • She's just waiting until you have enough space in your apartment to set up a clutter-free area where you can knit, make jewelry, and create custom stationery to your heart's content.
      • You can expect to find about 20 different pizzas, half of which feature some permutation of pork, which locals will encourage you to slather with ketchup and mayonnaise to your heart's content.
      • If you've window-shopped to your heart's content along Rue du Faubourg St-Honoré and Avenue Montaigne, you may like to spend the morning browsing bric-a-brac, arts and antiques at a Parisian flea market.

  • wear one's heart on one's sleeve

    • Make one's feelings apparent.

      过于暴露感情、想法；过于直率

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He carried a bunch of no-hopers for years; he is a terrific motivator; he takes no guff from authority; he told Sir Alex where to go and was proved right; and he was a great player who wore his heart on his sleeve.
      • He is not pretentious in any way, he wears his heart on his sleeve and I think that projects to anyone listening to his music.
      • I know he wears his heart on his sleeve and I know he's a good manager.
      • He wears his heart on his sleeve and that's what we admire about him.
      • But this is a sparky and feisty player who wears his heart on his sleeve.
      • Happily, events on the park were a fitting tribute to the man who always wore his heart on his sleeve and played with a passion too often absent from the modern game.
      • I think it's because he wears his heart on his sleeve and the emotion just pours out.
      • He always wore his heart on his sleeve and has done wonderfully well here.
      • I showed my feelings and wore my heart on my sleeve.
      • The big Scot led from the front, making one goal and scoring the other, and generally wore his heart on his sleeve in an encounter that carried over several feuds from the first acrimonious meeting between the clubs in December.

  • with all one's heart (or one's whole heart)

    • Sincerely; completely.

      诚心诚意地

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart.
      • Human beings were intended to love God with their whole heart, body, will and mind.
      • If you are able to identify that, educate and prepare yourself, and apply your talents to that with your whole heart, then I believe that is success.
      • But he cuts with all his heart and all his passion and gives these landscapes a new life and special meaning.
      • Their grief would be genuine, and felt with all their heart.
      • They're faithful to a club and to a spirit, and if you can show them beauty and innovation, by playing with all your heart, they'll be healed.
      • I've had so many doubts about my abilities, have them every day in fact, but all you can do is keep doing your best and keep loving them with your whole heart, I guess.
      • They had been getting to know each other and she had truly loved him with all her heart.
      • I would get up with a smile on my face and do everything sincerely, with all my heart.
      • She lost the one she truly loves with all her heart.
      Synonyms
      sincerely, with all one's heart, earnestly, fervently, passionately, truly, truthfully, genuinely, devoutly, heartily, heart and soul, with all sincerity

  • heart to heart

    • Candidly, intimately.

      坦率地；真诚地；亲密地

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I prefer to talk to people like this, one to one, heart to heart.
      • West, North or East would all be places where a call for help might sometimes be useful, but then we've moved on from the days when the Confidential Telephone was the best way to have a heart to heart with the police.
      • It wasn't a heart to heart but we did have a chat about the way we had been playing and what we had done previously that had made us successful and moved on from there.
      • We had a bit of a heart to heart, so to speak, with the players on Tuesday night at training.
      • But what I think he really wants me to know is that he's not selling the family silver without having had a good, long, hard, heart to heart with his conscience about it, and that I shouldn't think that he's a bad person by doing so.
      • I had a heart to heart with the boss here this week.
      • After a long heart to heart, we settle on four procedures eyelid surgery, liposuction, laser surgery, and teeth whitening.
      • If I hadn't been at college and then rushed to get on with my life, I would've come to you directly and told you this heart to heart, word for word… but I guess things can't be perfect.
      • They had a heart to heart and told each other a lot of home truths.
      • The canteen is empty, save for a couple having a heart to heart.

Origin

Old English heorte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hart and German Herz, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cor, cord- and Greek kēr, kardia.

  • The Greek word kardia, from which English took cardiac (Late Middle English), is directly related to heart. The shared root existed before their ancestor developed into different language families in Europe, Asia, and northern India. Since Anglo-Saxon times people have regarded the heart as the centre of emotions and feelings. If you wear your heart on your sleeve, you make your feelings clear for all to see. In a television interview in 1987 the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher advised against it, saying: ‘To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.’ The phrase has its origins in chivalry. In the Middle Ages, when jousting was a popular form of entertainment, a knight would tie a favour to his sleeve—a ribbon, glove, or other small item belonging to the lady given as a sign of her love or support.

Rhymes

apart, apparat, art, baht, Bart, Barthes, cart, carte, chart, clart, dart, Eilat, fart, ghat, Gujarat, Gujrat, hart, Harte, heart-to-heart, impart, Jat, kart, kyat, Maat, Mansart, mart, outsmart, part, quarte, salat, savate, Scart, smart, start, tart, zakat
noun.1
phr.

Definition of heart in US English:

heart

nounhärthɑrt

  • 1A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.

    心脏

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The right side of the heart pumps blood from the body back to the lungs to be reoxygenated.
    • Eventually these embryos succumbed due to the lack of correct blood flow with two hearts pumping into the same set of blood vessels.
    • A murmur is the sound of blood being pumped through the heart's chambers and valves.
    • The Holy Grail is actually growing an organ, because people need livers, they need hearts, they need pancreases; how far down the track is that?
    • For example, there is a shortage of replacement organs such as hearts, lungs, kidneys, livers, etc.
    • The device has a tube entering the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber.
    • Whilst there is breath in our lungs and blood pumping in our hearts there is hope!
    • Heart disease is a term used to refer to diseases of the heart and blood vessel system.
    • Instead it is when the heart cannot pump blood around the body efficiently.
    • It is increased in failing human hearts and contributes to the loss of the heart's contractile strength during the development of heart failure.
    • It tends to be a forgotten transplant, I think most people tend to think of organ transplants like hearts and kidneys etc.
    • It rises to a peak, called the systolic pressure, at the height of the contraction of each heartbeat as the heart pumps blood out.
    • Right heart failure affects the side of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs.
    • All the patients in this study had hearts that could not pump blood properly.
    • Here's a look at how your heart works to pump blood and vital nutrients throughout your body.
    • It simply means that your heart isn't pumping blood through the body as well as it should.
    • Researchers have been working for some time on ways to enable kidneys, hearts, and other organs from pigs to be transplanted to humans, as a way of overcoming the chronic shortage of human donor organs.
    • The ejection fraction is a measure of the ability of the heart to pump blood.
    • The valve that controls blood flow between the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta.
    • Systolic pressure is the amount of pressure when the heart pumps blood into the arteries.
    Synonyms
    ticker
    1. 1.1 The region of the chest above the heart.
      胸部
      holding hand on heart for the Pledge of Allegiance

      以手掌贴胸宣誓效忠。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • His knife was gleaming just above her heart, his hands poised to make the fatal move.
      • Shy, he smiled and put his hand over his heart in the ancient Central Asian manner.
      • Men remove their baseball caps, clamping hands on hearts and swelling their chests with pride.
      • It was a thin pearl-colored gown that went down to my ankles and cut off somewhere above my heart.
      • Relatives greet each other with a gentle hug and a kiss on the left shoulder above the heart.
      • His eyes locked on solider above his bed and the blade poised above his heart.
      • O'Meara wears the bullet around his neck, letting it dangle above his heart.
      • I gripped the handle of the dagger in both hands, and positioned it in the air above my heart.
    2. 1.2 The heart regarded as the center of a person's thoughts and emotions, especially love or compassion.
      心智；感情（尤指爱心或同情心）
      hardening his heart, he ignored her entreaties

      他横下心来，不理睬她的恳求。

      he poured out his heart to me

      他向我倾吐心声。

      he has no heart

      他毫无恻隐之心。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Through His life, Jesus revealed the true heart and amazing compassion of God.
      • It is as good for your heart to write love letters as it is to receive them.
      • I assume, since you've chosen to look after this pet, that you have in your heart some compassion.
      • There's a lot of love in my heart for several of your local booty-shakers.
      • We depend on donations from loving hearts and caring hearts.
      • You love to pour your heart and your art into making gifts with a personal punch.
      • This fear is what keeps me from loving and receiving the love my heart has longed for since birth.
      • Let me go through this day with love in my heart, a sense of humor and a positive attitude.
      • He measures by the cost to the individual, the motive of the heart, and the love involved.
      • I thank you also from my heart for the love you gave her during her life and the honor you now give her in death.
      • We are real people with hearts that love, minds that think and souls that are as pure as any man's!
      • And I believe we must match our compassionate hearts to our preservative minds.
      • Have a compassionate heart that creates a little space for those who need a bit of understanding or forgiveness.
      • Our minds are to be as fully yielded to God and as actively engaged in loving Him as our hearts and souls are.
      • Perhaps it's just something in the Autumn air, egging us on to do what our hearts love, what our minds desire.
      • Well-produced digital media gives us the chance to love God with our hearts and souls as well as our minds.
      • The passion in this film would swell the heart and emotions of the least romantic.
      • There are so few people in the world who have a kind heart and love for life and Will seems to have both.
      • He was a boy who was full of life, energy, love and a big heart for many people whom he had met only a few times.
      • Sometimes it isn't easy, trust me, sometimes I get very upset but in the final analysis it isn't her heart, it isn't love it is just sex.
      Synonyms
      emotions, feelings, sentiments, soul, mind, bosom, breast
    3. 1.3 One's mood or feeling.
      情绪，心情
      they had a change of heart

      他们变心了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was all in good heart and we had a laugh over it but she never trusted me after that.
      • So they would have travelled to Barnet in good heart to play another former Conference side who had lost their opening three matches.
      • It has now had a change of heart, no doubt scared of losing customers and face had it welshed on the deal, and says it will stick to the original quote.
      • We all move into the final phase of the campaign in good heart and cautiously confident of victory.
      • Airedale Hospital is in good heart after it unveiled a vital new piece of equipment for local cardiac patients.
      • He performed strongly at the final prime minister's questions, sending his troops off in good heart.
      • In examining these estimates, we note that this economy is in good heart.
      • She's clearly in good heart and can be backed on her next couple of runs.
      • She has since had a change of heart following media interest in her role.
      • The ride home at night put all in good heart and the Secretary reports that they feel as if a very good start has been made for the season.
      • The five-year-old is unbeaten in two outings on the Polytrack surface and is trained by a man who has had his horses in good heart all winter.
      • Honey crop is taken once a year preferably, if bees are to be kept in good heart.
      • The visitors resumed in good heart and their front five dominated in set pieces.
      • Wanderers want to forget the Villa disappointment and go into the Fulham game in good heart.
      • On the basis that he is in good heart and likes running around the County Tipperary racecourse he is put forward to win again.
      • However both will go in good heart, eyeing up a shock or at least a replay back home.
      • Now he's moving on himself - but leaving behind a station in good heart and with a sound future.
      • The club is in good heart with a number of new players vying for places.
      • Whoever their opponents, York will enter the fray in good heart after a weekend double over West Leeds of Yorkshire Two.
      • So that makes Costello's seeming change of heart on interest rates all the more damning.
      Synonyms
      compassion, sympathy, humanity, feeling, feelings, fellow feeling, concern for others, brotherly love, tender feelings, tenderness, empathy, understanding
    4. 1.4 Courage or enthusiasm.
      勇气；热情
      they may lose heart as the work mounts up

      工作量不断增加可能会使他们泄气。

      Mary took heart from the encouragement handed out

      玛丽受到鼓励后树立了信心。

      I put my heart and soul into it and then got fired

      我全身心投入结果却被炒了鱿鱼。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Both had given heart and soul and a lot more besides to win the match and yet one was the victor and the other vanquished.
      • The Thai fought with heart and desire but that will very seldom beat speed, experience and power.
      • He took heart that Labour did not need to introduce any affirmative action for this election.
      • Arciris concluded her talk by urging young and old not to be complacent and to take heart.
      • Our hope is that our songs are strong enough to be covered or played different ways and still retain heart and soul.
      • Glenflesk though obviously disappointed can take heart from the display of a relatively young side.
      • Carrisi has a high and powerful voice and sings with a lot of heart and soul.
      • He lives and breathes pantomime and every year puts heart and soul into his productions.
      • Unionists took heart from Mr Adams' comment that his party wanted to ensure the poll took place in the best atmosphere.
      • However captain Richard Roberts took heart from his squad's performance.
      • She took heart from the performance of the winner of her event in Sydney.
      • I took heart from this Easter post by Rebecca on the resurrection of Jesus.
      • Erratic, uneven and hyperactive it may be, but this is home-made film-making with heart and soul.
      • Tyrone took heart from the miss and finished as strongly as they started.
      • At first Stiles took heart; the film was good, she was proud of everybody's work and knew that some day people would get to see it.
      • I took heart from Dr Duke's belief that the smarter you are, the harder it is to solve.
      • Southern Ontario's underground rock scene discovered some local history and took heart.
      • Their electronics, guitars, heart and soul have also made them one of the most influential bands of all time.
      • Abandoning pretty pictures, car chases and clichés is something to be applauded if it means films made with heart and soul.
      • I wanted heart and passion from the players at half-time and they certainly displayed that
      Synonyms
      enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness, spirit, determination, resolution, resolve, purpose, courage, backbone, spine, nerve, stomach, will, will power, fortitude, bravery, stout-heartedness
      wholeheartedly, enthusiastically, eagerly, zealously, unreservedly, absolutely, thoroughly, completely, entirely, fully, totally, utterly, body and soul, to the hilt, with open arms, one hundred per cent, all the way

  • 2The central or innermost part of something.

    中心；最里面

    right in the heart of the city

    在城市正中心。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Police raids along Katondo street in the heart of the capital city, Lusaka, are not new.
    • We were standing on the roof of Mushtaq's school in Aminabad, the oldest quarter of the city and the heart of old Lucknow.
    • A stunning garden at the heart of the city's European Flower Festival stopped workers and shoppers in their tracks.
    • Modern viticulture Uzbekistan is in the very heart of central Asia, on the same latitude as Italy.
    • I'm referring to London Court situated in the heart of the city in the Hay Street Mall.
    • The historic heart of the city is centrally situated on the northwest axis, and towards the eastern border.
    • Deep in the heart of Central India there is a wild forest surrounded by sheer 1,200 feet high cliffs.
    • In the heart of the vast central square of the place she caught sight of a recognizable object.
    • It is a central location in the heart of Saskatoon and it should be pretty easy to get to.
    • Each of these shows will play in the heart of Cork City to about 3,000 people.
    • Rabat and Sale were the twin cities at the heart of this Republic.
    • The national capital is Mexico City, situated in the heart of central Mexico.
    • An immense barrier through the heart of the city, the connector ends at the parking garage.
    • The old heart of the city is earmarked for major regeneration.
    • In the heart of the central medallion is an eight-petalled flower symbolizing the centre of the universe.
    • The Vaal rises in the central heart of South Africa and debouches many hundreds of miles later into the Atlantic Ocean.
    • The Pavilion will be built in Victoria Square in the heart of the city.
    • The answer is Pirates for Peace, a radio station for young people based at the Albert Basin in the heart of the city.
    • A retail developer that breathed new life into a road that was once the heart of a city has won a major award for the pioneering scheme.
    • But some of the barracks to which the armed men would return under the new order are located in the heart of the city.
    Synonyms
    centre, central part, middle, hub, core, nucleus, kernel, eye, bosom, navel
    1. 2.1 The vital part or essence.
      中心，要点，实质；要素
      the heart of the matter

      事情的实质。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The album manages to capture the essence and heart of the psalm beautifully.
      • The vital service is at the heart of the work of The Carers' Resource and will now have to be withdrawn.
      • Why is centralized strategic planning the heart of integrated marketing communications?
      • Several columnists for mainstream daily newspapers cut to the heart of the matter.
      • Either way, she just doesn't grasp the core principle at the heart of this entire matter.
      • The Executive's proposals are at the heart of a fundamental review of NHS dental services in Scotland.
      • At its heart is a fundamental disagreement about how best to provide the highest quality and most efficient healthcare to Scots.
      • This could be pioneered in Scotland and patients' rights placed at the heart of the matter.
      • It is this second arrow that really goes to the heart of the matter.
      • In the early twenties the heart of activity on Central Avenue was around Ninth Street.
      • Trust is not only at the heart of leadership but forms the essence of all relationships.
      • I also love the American late night chat show hosts and their ability to be able to cut to the chase and go to the heart of the matter with their politicians.
      • It is not an image which instils much confidence in the future success of the vital relationship at the heart of government.
      • At no stage was there any conversation of substance about the heart of the matter: what is the purpose of criminal justice.
      • This is the real heart of the matter - to what extent do resources have to be accompanied by reform?
      • The argument over assimilation versus separation is at the heart of the matter.
      • There is now a central paradox at the heart of political life.
      • This is the root of the fundamental dishonesty at the heart of the euro debate.
      • Between the two of them they get to the heart of the matter: brand awareness.
      • Decentralization becomes an ideology only when we allow it to be, but the heart of the matter is how to manage changes.
      Synonyms
      essence, quintessence, crux, core, nub, root, gist, meat, marrow, pith, substance, sum and substance, essential part, intrinsic nature, kernel, nucleus
    2. 2.2 The close compact center of a head of a cabbage or lettuce.
      （卷心菜的）菜心；（叶用莴苣的）心
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When I reached into the neat row of hearts of Romaine lettuce, I felt a shock shoot up from the tip of my finger, through my arm, right through my shoulder.
      • Put in the artichoke hearts chopped roughly and add salt, pepper and sugar.
      • Others win because they simply save a lot of time: beans, roasted red peppers, roasted green chilies, and artichoke hearts and bottoms.
      • When most of the tomato juice is heated away, add the artichoke hearts.

  • 3A conventional representation of a heart with two equal curves meeting at a point at the bottom and a cusp at the top.

    心形

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Mohegan Sun wedding cake is vanilla flavored and decorated with bows and hearts.
    • Montanans have used a wide variety of artistic brands - from hearts and crosses and dots and triangles to circles and half moons, even swastikas.
    • She looked down and noticed that she was wearing her pajamas; a purple t-shirt and a pair of white pajama bottoms with hearts on them.
    • The day associated with tacky red hearts, cards, chocolates and flowers also has a spiritual root that is being explored by the Newbridge parish.
    • From her ears now hung two earrings with stylized garnet hearts at the bottom of them.
    • The last thing you find is a pair of earrings that have hearts dangling at the bottom.
    1. 3.1hearts One of the four suits in a conventional deck of playing cards, denoted by a red heart.
      （纸牌）红桃
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is no ranking between the suits - so for example the king of hearts and the king of spades are equal.
      • For example, a ten of hearts, jack of diamonds, queen of clubs, and king of hearts is a keeper over a pair of 10s.
      • It can be played to a heart lead and if it is led, hearts must be followed.
      • All of the hearts go on hearts and clubs go on clubs and so on.
      • Thus, if the first card played is the eight of hearts, the next player may play any eight, or he may play the seven or nine of hearts.
      • A Courage card's courage is represented by its face value (i.e. a seven of hearts has a courage of seven) or fifteen if it is a face card.
      • For every trick that is taken, ten points are awarded, provided that it contains no hearts.
      • There are four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs); however, no suit is higher than another.
      • The classic order of suits is hearts above diamonds, and spades above clubs.
      • Lots of low spades are usually good but can win lots of hearts.
      • That is, you can only bid hearts on hearts, clubs on clubs etc.
      • The owner said they were arguing about which way the queen of hearts looks in a pack of cards.
      • Saving both spades worked out very well for Ann because Bill saved spades rather than hearts.
      • This straight can be of mixed suits, for example: 2 of diamonds, 3 of clubs, 4 of spades, 5 of hearts.
      • Before the set, the two and three of spades and the two and three of hearts should be removed from the deck.
      • For example, playing the queen of hearts indicates to your partner that you have a strong diamonds.
      • To collect the king-queen stake you have to play the queen and king of hearts consecutively.
      • If anyone gets the 2 of hearts dealt up, he has automatically won.
      • Next, blindly and randomly remove from each deck six clubs and six hearts.
      • Diamonds are highest, followed by clubs, then spades, then hearts.
    2. 3.2 A playing card of the suit of hearts.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Players must follow suit if possible, and a player with no cards of the suit led must play a heart.
      • Each heart scores one point, and the queen of spades scores 13 points.
      • A face card and a heart are removed and the twenty remaining cards are dealt out.
      • Then you play the three big hearts and after them, lead both of your trumps.
    3. 3.3hearts A card game similar to whist, in which players attempt to avoid taking tricks containing a card of the suit of hearts.
      红心牌戏（与惠斯特相似，玩牌者须避免吃进红心花色的牌）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Suggestions from players of the game are that you should play the game like hearts, and others say you should play as normal whist, however both ideas have obvious problems.
      • Clara told me, a little embarrassed, after they'd retired to her father's study for a round of hearts, bridge, backgammon or some other card game.
      • I like games like hearts where each heart card just counts a point.
      • People have worked out five-suit versions of other card games, including spades, bridge, hearts, and various types of solitaire.
      • However, instead of passing cards as in normal hearts, each player places three of the cards in his/her hand face down in the center of the table.

  • 4usually with modifier The condition of agricultural land as regards fertility.

    （土地的）肥力

verbhärthɑrt
[with object]informal

  • Like very much; love.

    〈非正式〉喜爱；深爱

    I totally heart this song

    我很喜爱这首歌。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thanks for all the reviews I heart you guys mucho!
    • She is amazing and I heart her to the nth degree.

Phrases

  • after one's own heart

    • Of the type that one likes or understands best; sharing one's tastes.

      合自己心意，称自己的心；与自己有相同爱好

      this is a man after my own heart
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So it was with great excitement (I don't get out much) then that I found a Web site after my own heart.
      • A class full of non-morning people is a class after my own heart, except of course for the times I have to teach them in the morning.
      • It was that last detail - the piles of books pushed aside to make room to eat - that sent me in search of all of David's writings; I knew that here was a food writer after my own heart, stomach, and mind.
      • Rachael is a girl after my own heart - she chooses to take lunch at the organic Elderberry Pond Farm where the burgers look amazing.
      • A woman after your own heart, she and her sugar lust need to be indulged.
      • Now there's a man after my own heart, if not my age!
      • Indeed, he seems to have been a a man after my own heart.
      • A man after my own heart, he still hand-codes his site for each entry, nesting tables within tables and thumbing his nose at structured data.
      • A man after my own heart, Kaplan did his elective year in the Seychelles.
      • Here are people after my own heart, who love the great GKC and who incarnate his odd funky hilarious and sensible spirit better than anybody I know.
      Synonyms
      like-minded, of the same mind, similar to oneself, kindred, compatible, congenial, sharing one's tastes

  • at heart

    • In one's real nature, in contrast to how one may appear.

      就其本性而言；在内心里；本质上

      he's a good guy at heart

      他是个好心的小伙子。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Inspiring to have a parent who's managed to develop wisdom but still stay as young at heart as they were when I was tiny.
      • A time when audiences full of the young and young at heart can embrace their innocence and enjoy the magic of theatre.
      • He was a kind and gentle man who remained young at heart to the end.
      • He enjoys his job and finds it a challenge but we are home birds at heart and enjoy spending all our time with each other and the children.
      • We're all little kids at heart and yet the place has the ability to make people build very hard exteriors and ruin lives.
      • He was a strong and rugged elf who could often appear aggressive, but was truly kind and noble at heart.
      • I started churches using these paradigms but it was never really who I was at heart.
      • It's full of non-stop action, laughter, drama and is perfect for the very young and young at heart.
      • The event promises to be fun for the whole family for the young and for those who are still children at heart.
      • The truth is, I am a hopeless romantic at heart and nothing will change that.
      Synonyms
      basically, fundamentally, essentially, at bottom, deep down, in essence, intrinsically, innately

  • break someone's heart

    • Overwhelm someone with sadness.

      使心碎

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When he finishes, her sadness descends so quickly, it nearly breaks his heart.
      • She was just absolutely hysterically funny in parts and then she broke your heart in other parts.
      • Riley was a mess, she had reason to be, but she was so upset, it just broke my heart to see her like that.
      • Last year, I spent the night being depressed because the ex broke my heart.
      • And that enough saddened me and broke my heart because I know what those families are going through.
      • ‘He loves his mum, he loves his family and it breaks his heart to realise he has caused them considerable distress over the years,’ added Mr Pickles.
      • It breaks your heart - it absolutely breaks your heart.
      • But his stories still roar, they still frighten, they still overwhelm, they still break your heart, and they still make you want to grab the person next to you and hold on.
      • He hated to upset her, it broke his heart to see her cry.
      • It breaks my heart to see him look so confused and upset.
      Synonyms
      make sad, sadden, make unhappy, cast down, get down, make gloomy, make despondent, dispirit

  • by heart

    • From memory.

      凭记忆

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the light of the furnace flame, one of the men got up and started to recite the biblical passages by heart.
      • Only 25, he has already notched up more than 40 performances, and knows it pretty much by heart.
      • Once there they are said to have to learn by heart a great deal of poetry; indeed many stay on in training for twenty years.
      • Everybody in the country, from kindergarten children to retirees, learned the plays by heart.
      • Poems and plays only come fully to life when they are spoken, from the heart, by heart.
      • He read all the books and I do mean all and could recite large passages of film dialogue by heart.
      • One still hears tales of settlers who cleared the bush while reciting Shakespeare and Shelley by heart.
      • They know all the answers here by heart and repeat them with all the thought of a parrot.
      • When he first entered Parliament he learnt his speeches by heart.
      • I was little, tiny, and I as soon as I knew the words by heart I would repeat them in a rhythmic mantra until I fell asleep.
      Synonyms
      from memory, off pat, by rote, off by heart, word for word, verbatim, parrot-fashion, word-perfect

  • close (or dear) to (or near) one's heart

    • Of deep interest and concern to one.

      感兴趣

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yet in all his pursuits, he kept the people's interest close to his heart and raised voice in the legislature as well as outside.
      • The land was close to his heart as were the people who were rooted in the soil and the psyche of the rural heartlands.
      • The site was particularly close to his heart, as it was while fishing and swimming in the Wandle area that he developed his environmental enthusiasm.
      • There's a small… shrine… I suppose, to a few precious items that are dear to my heart.
      • It's rather that the issue is so near and dear to my heart that I've been mulling what I think and considering the pros and cons of Peter's argument.
      • I probably shouldn't be describing anything by founding fathers of punk as a darling perfect little gem of a song you just want to keep close to your heart and love and cherish forever, but it really just is.
      • I do not know when and why a particular place becomes dear to one's heart.
      • Of all Joe's stories to date, this series has been particularly dear to my heart, and these two new episodes are among his very best.
      • However, this was particularly close to my heart.
      • He took a keen interest in current affairs and never shirked a challenge when it came to debating things of political interest that were close to his heart.
      Synonyms
      favourite, favoured, cherished, prized, dear to one's heart, preferred, particular, special, chosen, personal, treasured, precious

  • from the (bottom of one's) heart

    • With sincere feeling.

      发自内心的（地）；诚心诚意的（地）

      their warmth and hospitality is right from the heart

      他们的热情好客是发自内心的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mother smiled and it was a genuine smile, right from the bottom of her heart.
      • Many donations come without addresses, so I can't even send thank you letters, but I do thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.
      • I will therefore offer a simple yet most sincere thank you from the bottom of my heart.
      • I am truly sorry from the bottom of my heart, and I will try to keep my ego in check.
      • And she genuinely, from the bottom of her heart, gave herself.
      • I mean them all from the bottom of my heart and have never said anything as sincere.
      • ‘I want to sincerely thank everyone from the bottom of my heart,’ he said.
      • Acting is one thing that has to come from the bottom of one's heart and it should come spontaneously.
      • ‘I want to express my appreciation from the bottom of my heart,’ says the sister of one of the hostages, bowing and crying.
      • I am really very, truly from the bottom of my heart, sorry for the gossip I have spread.
      Synonyms
      sincerely, with all one's heart, earnestly, fervently, passionately, truly, truthfully, genuinely, devoutly, heartily, heart and soul, with all sincerity

  • give (or lose) one's heart to

    • Fall in love with.

      爱上

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm just more careful about who I give my heart to now.
      • You may not be on the serious stage of the relationship business, but you've got to be serious on whom to give your heart to.
      • Our thoughts were turning lightly toward love and we were losing our heart to the boy/girl next door.
      • But she has lost her heart to this man and is determined that love will win the day.
      • In between all of that, I met another fantastic man, who, I could have… and in many ways did give my heart to.
      • She loved him and now that he loved her, she wasn't sure if she could give her heart to him.
      • A lord intends to force his sister to wed a rich man she does not love to save the family fortunes - while she has lost her heart to her brother's sworn enemy.
      • It was the guy she gave her heart to and never took back.
      • You have to allow your mind to rest and trust the one you have chosen to give your heart to.
      • I'm sure Sandy and I stayed in the pool for a while after, just lying there uncomfortably together - both knowing it was probably the last time. The first girl in my life I ever truly gave my heart to, had torn it out and danced the Madison on it.
      Synonyms
      fall in love with, fall for, become infatuated with, be smitten by

  • have a heart

    • often in imperativeBe merciful; show pity.

      发慈悲，怜悯

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Here in the heartland we have a heart for families, and this is how deeply we feel about marriage.
      • You may not have a heart, but your bank balance can bleed too.
      • Ideally, you should be bold and tell him face to face, but have a heart and do it when you two are alone.
      • They've given over a million dollars through our services to the evacuees there and so they have a heart.
      • However, if you see me sniffing forlornly tomorrow morning on the Northern Line, have a heart, eh?
      • And while you may well have a brain, you most certainly don't have a heart.
      • The love and affection lavished on her made very good photographs and showed that India did have a heart.
      • People from outside saw that we're not just ‘as tough as nails’ but have a heart.
      • This is a spoiled-rotten kid who doesn't have a clue - who doesn't have a heart!
      • I have a heart for the underdog, and I will do everything in my power to help them succeed as models.
      Synonyms
      be compassionate, be kind, be merciful, be lenient, be sympathetic, be considerate, take pity, have mercy

  • have a heart of gold

    • Have a generous nature.

      有一颗仁厚的心，有一颗金子般的心

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Jenn's one tough cookie but she has a heart of gold.
      • Micheál was described by his family this week as having a heart of gold, a boy who displayed a kindness and consideration for others that touched the lives of all those who met him.
      • Maybe it's to do with part of her ‘stuff and nonsense’ approach and that, whilst sometimes misguided, she has a heart of gold.
      • She always puts others before herself, she has a heart of gold.
      • He may have a heart of gold, but no one appreciates it.
      • The bully boy stores up power, as it were: the power to disarm by turning out to have a heart of gold after all.
      • Now's the chance to show our charities that we have a heart of gold.
      • You're not too quick on the uptake, but you have a heart of gold.
      • The event was very well-attended, with Bangaloreans proving, yet again, that the city has a heart of gold.
      • Contrary to public opinion - and he probably won't thank me for saying it - this man has a heart of gold.

  • have the heart to do something

    • usually with negativeBe insensitive or hard-hearted enough to do something.

      忍心

      I don't have the heart to tell her

      我不忍心告诉她。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then, not having the heart to see more, I got on my bike and rode away.
      • I didn't have the heart to tell her that the rabbit's success had nothing to do with me: it had won solely on its merits as a rabbit.
      • Nor do I have the heart to be suspicious of any of our customers.
      • Then I remembered how our plans for some time together was interrupted last weekend and I didn't have the heart to try and back out of it.
      • I didn't have the heart to tell them that the kids today who want hard core, intense music don't listen to rock.
      • This is part of what I mean by no one having the heart to tell him.
      • He didn't have the heart to tell her she was thanking the wrong rabbi.
      • But he looked devastated so I didn't have the heart to be too cross.
      • No-one has the heart to put him down, which is fair enough.
      • But after so many years of heartache and fruitless searching, Claire did not have the heart to ring the number.

  • have (or put) one's heart in

    • Be (or become) keenly involved in or committed to (an enterprise).

      全心全意地投入

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She felt bad for not really having her heart in the relationship anymore.
      • An exception would be when he did something like his ‘World of the Wizard King’ series, where you could see he really had his heart in the work.
      • All I can say is that I feel very sorry for Dominic because he definitely had his heart in Livingston and Scottish football and he felt whatever he was doing, he was doing right.
      • To think I am doing all of this work and putting my heart in this and it won't mean a thing… is something I can't even stand to think about…
      • It comes from wanting to do something and having your heart in it.
      • To really succeed at something, you need to have your heart in it.
      • When he did try to hype a fight, bad-mouthing an opponent, he never seemed to have his heart in it.
      • The players did not have their heart in the tournament essentially because of the timing of the competition and the choice of the venues.
      • How could I put my heart in words so basic, so concrete and cold?
      • Perhaps, in part, I realize that my parents really did not have their heart in the beatings.

  • have one's heart in one's mouth

    • Be greatly alarmed or apprehensive.

      提心吊胆，担心

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He grins as he talks: ‘I couldn't watch the second half - I had my heart in my mouth for most of it and it was just nerve-wracking.’
      • I only thought about it the day before the game and had my heart in my mouth from then on.
      • I always had my heart in my mouth because of the people out there saying and doing insensitive or hateful things.
      • Parreira, like other Brazilian fans, is sure to have his heart in his mouth when the shaky Brazilian defence is tested when his attacking full-backs and central midfielders are in the other half of the field.
      • Griffin had his heart in his mouth on 63 minutes after Simak and Franca made the most of Bramble's slip to force their way into the penalty area, the full-back diving in to drive the ball just wide of his own goal.
      • It's been so long and did anyone else have their heart in their mouth at the way they tossed the little urn around?

  • have one's heart in the right place

    • Be sincere or well intentioned.

      为人诚恳；怀善意

      Example sentencesExamples
      • As anyone who has ever recited the Pledge of Allegiance will attest, having your heart in the right place means having it on your left side.
      • By the same token, Rawkus had their heart in the right place.
      • The question to be answered now is: Which candidate has their heart in the right place?
      • Mr Manning, you appear to have your heart in the right place, but your advisers are misleading you.
      • She still says dumb things, but I think she's crawling back toward God over a lot of broken glass and, despite some screws loose in her thinking, has her heart in the right place.
      • The people who run Showtime really have their heart in the right place when it comes to exploring social issues other networks have refused to touch.
      • And the beauty part, for the reader, is that no actual achievement, no objective superiority, is required: it's all a matter of having your heart in the right place.
      • Yet despite keeping such low company, Brennan appears to have his heart in the right place.
      • She is talented and intelligent, and outside of politics, seems to have her heart in the right place… It is petty partisan snipes like this that make us look bad.
      • He does have his heart in the right place but has to accept that without considerable subsidies, airline travel to the islands will never be commercially viable.

  • heart of stone

    • A stern or cruel nature.

      铁石心肠

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In another sort of movie their love would hit the rocks, but in the end everything would come right - and you'd need a heart of stone not to be rooting for it to come right - because these people are made for each other.
      • ‘You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by what the victims said today,’ he said.
      • The complex network of mediaeval-style guilds who control British medicine are hurt by this in so many ways that, in the words of Oscar Wilde, ‘it would take a heart of stone not be amused’.
      • Isn't it common knowledge that those having a heart of stone and tending to be self-centred are often blessed with a better life than those given to compassion and compliance with the morality and ethics?
      • Only a man with a heart of stone could read ‘We celebrate our oneness with Akron, Summit County and beyond’ without laughing till his breath failed him.
      • Unless you're an absolutely minimalist modernist with a heart of stone, sooner or later you'll probably be tempted to add a daub of colour to your garden with some artfully positioned annuals.
      • Whatever your cynical prejudices, you would need a heart of stone to look at the childhood letters and family photos without feeling some sneaking sense of pathos.
      • You would have to have a heart of stone not to be weeping with laughter at that line.
      • You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh, wouldn't you?
      • You would need to have a heart of stone not to be moved by the news of the little boy from Down who was washed away as his mate tried to save him.

  • hearts and flowers

    • Used in allusion to extreme sentimentality.

      感伤，多愁善感

      Example sentencesExamples
      • All may not be hearts and flowers in her version of domesticity, but neither is she making heavy-handed comments about drudgery.
      • This week it's all hearts and flowers and flags.
      • It's about hearts and minds instead of hearts and flowers, says Zwickey.
      • Some people will always be interested in that, and some people will always be interested in hearts and flowers.
      • This is the signature of a hearts and flowers, knight in shining armor aspect.
      • Should it be hearts and flowers, a verse, modern and ‘cool’, cute bears, slightly naughty, innuendo, blatant cheek?
      • These days, I find that I waver between a desire for solitude and a desire to be part of a relationship - a choice between independence and simplicity, or hearts and flowers (well, OK, maybe not the flowers).
      • You need romance, hearts and flowers, and lots of conversation to turn you on and keep you going.
      • As this show proves, the marriage of computers and art is not always about hearts and flowers.
      • Ben winced and Leo could tell his friend was hoping that the answer was going to be all hearts and flowers.
      Synonyms
      mawkish, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy

  • hearts and minds

    • Used in reference to emotional and intellectual support or commitment.

      全心全意

      a campaign to win the hearts and minds of America's college students

      争取美国大学生全心支持的运动。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In short, it has to include also an ideological struggle for winning the hearts and minds of Muslims.
      • It is music that transcends the man and wins the audience's hearts and minds.
      • American popular culture once again wins hearts and minds where the armed forces not always can.
      • Although it is still not revelation enough to win over the hearts and minds of those jaded to reality TV or pop generally.
      • America and the West clearly won the war here, and they won so many hearts and minds.
      • Because there is little effort made by the progressive left to try and win the hearts and minds of these idealistic young people.
      • Bombing crowds of young men applying for jobs is not an effective way to win hearts and minds.
      • Their strategy was to win the hearts and minds of ordinary Israelis.
      • The first discards any pretence of attempting to win hearts and minds, and any shred of moral decency.
      • If this is how the French think they can win hearts and minds in the war of ideas, they're making a big mistake.

  • one's heart's desire

    • A person or thing that one greatly wishes for.

      心之所爱

      Example sentencesExamples
      • War gives them their liberty and sends them, like boys bounding out of school, to obtain their heart's desire or perish in the attempt.
      • Feel its vital life force obliterating anger and irritation - flowing, shaping and creating your heart's desire.
      • You are closer to achieving your heart's desire as you move towards new business opportunities and wider horizons.
      • In fact, I'm becoming increasingly concerned that I might be missing out on my big chance to achieve my heart's desire just because I don't read the right magazines.
      • The Lovers symbolizes a choice between duty versus your heart's desire, take a risk and it could lead to greater happiness and emotional fulfilment, stay dutiful and life will remain the same.
      • Somehow, because I value his ideas more than any item, he never gets the feeling that I am rejecting his wishes or depriving him of his heart's desire.
      • With your meal, you can sup Chinese tea to your heart's desire.
      • It's a tragedy in my book that students who achieve wonderful results are left disappointed and disillusioned simply because the points system denies them their heart's desire.
      • When my children were young I, too, wanted them to have their heart's desire for Christmas.
      • So how do creative people make ends meet whilst doing their heart's desire?

  • in one's heart of hearts

    • In one's inmost feelings.

      情绪，心情

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was perfectly aware that Paul was glancing at her every few seconds, and in her heart of hearts, she was secretly pleased, though she didn't even raise her eyes from her writing and look back at him, even once.
      • She backed it up by saying that maybe I secretly - in my heart of hearts - wanted to proclaim my love for Danny.
      • They had been stolen along with the box, and you know in your heart of hearts that the thief has probably just thrown them out of the car window.
      • Is it because, in their heart of hearts, the hardy Falklanders are themselves dreamers?
      • And in your heart of hearts, you know what problems are.
      • Well, in future, whenever he grants you a measly yearly pay rise, you will know in your heart of hearts that actually what he is doing is acknowledging your intellectual superiority.
      • Now, everybody mouths merely what's expected of them, rather than what lurks in their heart of hearts.
      • Now, in your heart of hearts, you'd like them to have all been impotent or jailed, but that's not life.
      • I mean, most people, maybe in their heart of hearts, don't think their child's coming home.
      • Relatives may give you quizzical looks, and so may friends, but you know in your heart of hearts that you are following your inner voice.
      Synonyms
      inwardly, inside, internally, within, deep down, deep down inside, deep within, at heart, in one's mind, to oneself

  • take something to heart

    • Take criticism seriously and be affected or upset by it.

      （对批评等）很在意（或感到不快）

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's easy to take the criticism to heart but that will put us further in the mire.
      • So I really took her advice to heart and never criticized any of his speeches.
      • But when you get older you realise there's no point in getting upset or taking it to heart when people are making comments about you.
      • According to surveys by several executive compensation consultants, boards took the criticism to heart.
      • Then I'll learn from their example and take their criticisms to heart.
      • I ended up taking the criticism to heart and worrying about what I'd heard all week.
      • I'm prepared to accept criticism and take it to heart if it's constructive.
      • Rather than taking this criticism to heart - and perhaps even trying to do better - Sammy instead began pouting.
      • The Coast Guard took this criticism to heart and proposed two significant changes to its boat defect recall laws.
      • Through most of this period, I've tried to focus on taking the criticisms to heart - understanding the arguments, looking closely at the evidence, and trying to separate the wheat from the chaff.

  • to one's heart's content (or delight)

    • To the full extent of one's desires.

      尽情地

      the children could run and play to their heart's content

      孩子们可以尽情地奔跑玩耍。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You may use our RSS feeds to your heart's content, provided you do not publish the full text of our articles.
      • You can expect to find about 20 different pizzas, half of which feature some permutation of pork, which locals will encourage you to slather with ketchup and mayonnaise to your heart's content.
      • She's just waiting until you have enough space in your apartment to set up a clutter-free area where you can knit, make jewelry, and create custom stationery to your heart's content.
      • It's an appealing formula, after all: for those with a fear of culinary commitment, you can eat to your heart's content without being married to a single dish.
      • Please feel free to explore the drawers, the plants, the telephone, the computer screen, the floor, the chair and the keyboard to your heart's content.
      • It is an idea that will cheer the hearts of those who would love to eat to their heart's content.
      • If you've window-shopped to your heart's content along Rue du Faubourg St-Honoré and Avenue Montaigne, you may like to spend the morning browsing bric-a-brac, arts and antiques at a Parisian flea market.
      • It has a lot of tucked away places where you can drop in, hang around, browse to your heart's content and walk away without feeling guilty about not buying anything.
      • She's promised to let me play to my heart's content with her cabinet full of 78s.
      • Rest assured, gentle commenters: I put the comments box there for you to scribble to your heart's content (within word count limits, which I can't control).

  • wear one's heart on one's sleeve

    • Make one's feelings apparent.

      过于暴露感情、想法；过于直率

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Happily, events on the park were a fitting tribute to the man who always wore his heart on his sleeve and played with a passion too often absent from the modern game.
      • I showed my feelings and wore my heart on my sleeve.
      • He wears his heart on his sleeve and that's what we admire about him.
      • I think it's because he wears his heart on his sleeve and the emotion just pours out.
      • The big Scot led from the front, making one goal and scoring the other, and generally wore his heart on his sleeve in an encounter that carried over several feuds from the first acrimonious meeting between the clubs in December.
      • I know he wears his heart on his sleeve and I know he's a good manager.
      • He always wore his heart on his sleeve and has done wonderfully well here.
      • He carried a bunch of no-hopers for years; he is a terrific motivator; he takes no guff from authority; he told Sir Alex where to go and was proved right; and he was a great player who wore his heart on his sleeve.
      • He is not pretentious in any way, he wears his heart on his sleeve and I think that projects to anyone listening to his music.
      • But this is a sparky and feisty player who wears his heart on his sleeve.

  • with all one's heart (or one's whole heart)

    • Sincerely; completely.

      诚心诚意地

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Human beings were intended to love God with their whole heart, body, will and mind.
      • She lost the one she truly loves with all her heart.
      • They're faithful to a club and to a spirit, and if you can show them beauty and innovation, by playing with all your heart, they'll be healed.
      • If you are able to identify that, educate and prepare yourself, and apply your talents to that with your whole heart, then I believe that is success.
      • They had been getting to know each other and she had truly loved him with all her heart.
      • Their grief would be genuine, and felt with all their heart.
      • I've had so many doubts about my abilities, have them every day in fact, but all you can do is keep doing your best and keep loving them with your whole heart, I guess.
      • A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart.
      • I would get up with a smile on my face and do everything sincerely, with all my heart.
      • But he cuts with all his heart and all his passion and gives these landscapes a new life and special meaning.
      Synonyms
      sincerely, with all one's heart, earnestly, fervently, passionately, truly, truthfully, genuinely, devoutly, heartily, heart and soul, with all sincerity

Origin

Old English heorte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hart and German Herz, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cor, cord- and Greek kēr, kardia.

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