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mind THOUGHTSmaIndn [C]the ability to think, feel emotions and be aware of things, or the way in which a person thinks头脑，智力Her mind was so full of what had happened the night before that she could think of little else.她的头脑里充满了前夜发生的事，她几乎没法想别的了。Of course I'm telling the truth--you've got such a suspicious mind!我当然在说实话，你太疑神疑鬼了。I don't think I have a very logical mind.我认为我的头脑不是十分有逻辑。My mind had begun to wander and I couldn't concentrate on what she was saying.我的脑子开始走神了，我无法集中思想听她说。I just said the first thing that came into my mind.我只是说出了最先出现在我脑子里的想法。For some reason the words that he said stuck in my mind.因为某些原因他所说的话印在了我的脑子里。I saw some horrific pictures on the news last night and I can't get them out of my mind (= can't stop thinking about them).昨晚我在新闻里看到一些令人毛骨悚然的画面，使我无法忘记。I'm not quite clear in my mind about what I'm doing.我脑子里不太清楚我在做什么。If your mind goes/is a (complete) blank you temporarily lose the ability to remember something.头脑一片空白There's that awful moment just before an exam when your mind goes blank.有那种吓人的时候，就是在考试前，你的脑子里突然一片空白。If your mind is on something, you are thinking about it or giving attention to it.心思在…上I couldn't concentrate on my work--my mind was on my mother's illness.我不能集中思想在我的工作上，我的心思在我母亲的病上。My mind wasn't on what he was saying so I'm afraid I missed half of it.我的心思不在他所说的话上，所以恐怕我漏听了一半话。She's got a lot on her mind at the moment (= has many esp. worrying things to think about).此时她脑子里有许多事。You can refer to a person, esp. a very clever person, as a particular type of mind.有才智的人She was one of the most brilliant minds of the last century.她是上一世纪最伟大的才智出众者之一。If someone tells you that a problem you have is all in the mind they mean that it doesn't really exist and that you have imagined it.全是你自己认为的You're not fat at all-- it's all in the mind!你其实并不胖，这全是你的想象。I find it hard to get my mind round (= understand) such complex issues.我发现我很难弄懂这样复杂的问题。(infml) I'd go out of my mind (= I would feel extremely annoyed and unhappy because bored) if I had to do her job all day!如果我必须整天做她的工作，我会烦死的。If you go over an event that has happened in your mind or turn it over in your mind, you think about it repeatedly.反复思考She would go over the accident again and again in her mind, wishing that she could somehow have prevented it.她会反复思考那起事故，希望自己不管怎样能阻止它就好了。(esp. humorous) A machine or other object can be said to have a mind of its own if it seems to be controlling the way it behaves or moves, independently of the person using it.能独立思考Susan's computer has a mind of its own--it keeps on making data disappear.苏珊的电脑似乎能独立思考，它不断使资料消失。If you receive a piece of information that stops you from worrying about something you might say that it is a load/weight off your mind.放心I'm so relieved that I don't have to do the after-dinner speech--it's such a weight off my mind!不必作饭后演讲使我长舒了一口气，这下我放心了！She was out of her mind with grief (= extremely unhappy).她伤心得精神错乱了。(infml) You must be out of your mind (= extremely stupid) paying ￡200 for one night in a hotel!你一定疯了，花200英镑住一夜酒店。(infml) I was bored/drunk/stoned out of my mind (= extremely bored/drunk).我烦得发疯了/喝得烂醉。If you put someone or something out of your mind you force yourself not to think about them.把…忘掉It's over, put it out of your mind.结束了，你忘了它吧。If you'd just set/put your mind to it (= direct all your thoughts and attention to it), I'm sure you could do it.如果你一心扑在它上面，我肯定你能完成它的。Someone or something that sets/puts your mind at rest/ease stops you from worrying about a particular thing.使…放心，使…安心I'm so glad you didn't think he was offended by my remarks--it's put my mind at rest.我很高兴你认为我的意见没有使他不快，这使我放心了。(esp. law) If someone is of sound/unsound mind, they are SANE/ INSANE (= not mentally ill/mentally ill).心智健全/精神失常He's in a much more positive state/frame of mind (= He's happier) these days.这几天他开心多了。If something takes your mind off a problem or a pain, it stops you from worrying or thinking about it, often by forcing you to think about other things.转移对某事的注意The good thing about running is that it takes my mind off any problems I've got.跑步的好处是使我暂时忘掉了心事。He says that having visitors takes his mind off the pain.他说来访者使他忘记了疼痛。(slang) An experience which is mind-blowing fills you with great surprise and is difficult to believe.令人极度兴奋的It's not a very original film but its special effects are pretty mind-blowing.这不是部很有新意的电影，不过它的特技效果确实令人极度兴奋。(infml) If something is mind-boggling or mind-bending it is extremely surprising and often difficult to understand or imagine.令人难以想象的，十分惊人的That was the film for which she was paid the mind-boggling sum of ten million pounds.那就是使她狂挣了一千万英镑的电影。If a drug is described as mind-expanding (also mind-altering) it means that it has a strong influence on the mental state, causing feelings of extreme happiness and causing people to consider or understand things in a different way.致幻的mind-expanding drugs such as LSD致幻毒品比如麦角酸酰二乙胺People sometimes say in their mind's eye meaning in their memory for the appearance of things.在心灵的眼睛里，在头脑想象中In my mind's eye she remains a little girl of six although she's actually a grown woman.在我的想象中她仍然是个六岁的小女孩，虽然她其实已是个成熟女人了。If something is mind-numbing or mind-numbingly boring it is extremely boring.极其乏味的As a secretary you're given the most mind-numbing of tasks to do.作为一个秘书，你被给予最为乏味的工作去做。Mind over matter is the power of the mind to control and influence the body and the physical world generally.意志力My grandfather firmly believed that he had cured his own cancer through mind over matter.我祖父坚信靠意志力他治好了自己的癌症。(esp. humorous) A mind reader is a person who knows another person's thoughts without being told them.能看透他人心思的人If you weren't happy with the situation you should have told me--I'm not a mind reader, you know!如果你对周围情况感到不快，你应该告诉我，你知道我不是个能看透别人心思的人。A person's mind-set is their way of thinking and their opinions.思想倾向，气质I don't think their relationship will ever work--they're of a different mind-set.我不认为他们的关系会融洽，他们是不同气质的人。"Hamlet: 'My father--methinks I see my father.'Horatio:'Where, my lord?'Hamlet:'In my mind's eye, Horatio.'"(Shakespeare, Hamlet 1.2)哈姆莱特：“我的父亲，我仿佛看见我的父亲。”霍拉旭： “啊，在什么地方，殿下？”哈姆莱特：“在我的心灵的眼睛里，霍拉旭。”（莎士比亚 《哈姆莱特》）
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