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thought
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🇺🇸 /θˈɔt/
🇬🇧 /θɔːt/
thought 主要指头脑中的想法,也可以指思考这一活动、某种思想体系,或对事情的认真考虑。
💡 记忆钩子
把 thought 想成头脑里亮起的一盏灯:灯亮的那一刻是一个具体的想法,持续点亮和转动是思考本身,许多人的灯光形成一套思想;当你让这盏灯反复照看一件事,就是认真考虑。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“一个想法”和“思考活动”这两个核心义项,再学习“思想体系”和“认真考虑”的用法。
- 不要把 thought 只理解为“想法”;在不可数用法中,它常表示思考过程或经过考虑。
- 注意它既是 think 的过去式,也可以单独作名词;遇到名词用法时,要根据冠词和上下文判断含义。
📖 中文释义
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core 想法;念头📖 指头脑中形成的一个具体想法、念头或心理印象,就像脑海里突然亮起的一盏小灯,可以选择、改变或表达出来。💡 常用“a thought about...”表示“关于……的想法”,也常用“have a thought”“one thought”表示一个念头。这里是可数名词,前面通常需要冠词、限定词或复数形式;不要把它和表示思考过程的不可数用法混用。countableA new thought came to me while I was walking home.我走回家时突然有了一个新的想法。Try to replace that negative thought with a more hopeful one.试着用一个更有希望的想法替代那个消极念头。
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core 思考;思维活动📖 指人在头脑中形成、整理和运用想法的整个过程,而不是某一个单独的念头;它就是那盏灯持续运转的状态。💡 常用“freedom of thought”“independent thought”或“thought and action”等结构表示思维活动或思考能力。这里通常是不可数名词,不能说“a thought”来表示一般的思考;正式文章中使用尤其常见。uncountableQuiet time gives her space for thought.安静的时间给了她思考的空间。Education should encourage independent thought.教育应当鼓励独立思考。
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common 思想;思想体系📖 指一个群体、国家或地区共同形成的思维方式和思想传统,相当于许多盏灯汇成的一套照亮世界的方式。💡 常见结构是“a school of thought”或“某领域 + thought”,例如谈哲学、政治或宗教思想。此义通常用可数形式表示一种思想流派或思想传统,也可用不可数形式概括某一领域的思想;不要简单理解成某个人的一条意见。countableThe book introduces several schools of thought about justice.这本书介绍了几种关于正义的思想流派。
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rare 忧虑;苦恼📖 这是方言或古旧用法,指因为担心而产生的忧虑和苦恼,可以看作思绪被阴影笼罩。💡 这种用法主要见于方言材料或古老文本,现代标准英语中不宜主动使用。学习时把它识别为特殊义项即可,不要在日常表达中用它表示普通的“想法”。dialectal uncountable
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common 考虑;斟酌📖 指把一件事放在脑海中反复权衡各种因素后再作决定,是让那盏灯仔细照看问题的过程。💡 常用“after much thought”表示“经过深思熟虑后”,也常用“give something some thought”表示“考虑某事”。这里通常是不可数名词,常和表示时间、程度或决定的表达连用;不要把它误解为已经形成的单个意见。uncountableAfter some thought, we decided to take the earlier train.考虑了一会儿后,我们决定乘坐更早的一班火车。
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rare 一点点;一丁点📖 这是方言或古旧用法,表示极小的数量或距离,可以理解为灯光只向前照出一点点。💡 这种义项在现代标准英语中极少见,主要用于理解方言或历史文本。不要把普通名词 thought 直接理解为“一点点”,日常英语中应使用更常见的数量表达。countable uncountable
thoughts
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 4 组
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully;
同义词集:
thinking
thought
thought process
cerebration
intellection
mentation
thinking always made him frown
she paused for thought
下位: abstract thought, consideration, construction, explanation, logical thinking, mental synthesis, mysticism, planning, preparation, provision, reasoning, thread, train of thought
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about;
同义词集:
idea
thought
it was not a good idea
the thought never entered my mind
上位: cognitive content, content, mental object
下位: belief, burden, concept, conception, construct, feeling, generalisation, generality, generalization, ideal, impression, inspiration, keynote, kink, meaning, misconception, motif, notion, opinion, plan, preoccupation, program, programme, reaction, substance, suggestion, theme, theorem, whim, whimsey, whimsy
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; ;
同义词集:
opinion
sentiment
persuasion
view
thought
my opinion differs from yours
I am not of your persuasion
what are your thoughts on Haiti?
上位: belief
下位: eyes, idea, judgement, judgment, mind, pole, political sympathies, politics
the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual;
同义词集:
thought
19th century thought
Darwinian thought
上位: belief
下位: mainstream
🌳 词源
源自古英语中表示“思想、思考”的词,和 think、thank 同源,核心都与思维和内心关注有关。
Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.
Proto-Germanic *þankijaną
Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz
Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht
Old English þōht
Middle English thought
English thought
From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank, think.
🔄 变式
thoughts
plural
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