| 单词 | be of a mind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be of (also in) (a) mind a. to be of (also in) (a) mind (now usually to be of a mind): to be disposed or minded, to purpose, desire (to do something); (occasionally) to be in great mind (also of good mind or in a good mind) (cf. sense 11). of mind: with purpose, or intending (to do something). to bring (also get, etc.) in mind: to persuade. to have (something) in mind: to intend, plan, or determine to do (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > wish or be disposed or inclined [verb] willeOE listc1200 to be of (also in) (a) minda1325 to will well that1340 likea1375 to find in one's hearta1393 to have a minda1400 pleasec1450 set1470 to have a mind1530 care1560 fadge1592 please1611 choose1622 offer1639 to feel like1808 the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > forgotten out of memorya1275 of minda1325 out of mindc1325 forlainc1330 unrememberedc1425 oblivious1535 forgotten1600 unretained1666 unrecollected1733 unrecalled1742 buried1806 evanished1829 unmemoried1829 unrevived1877 spark out1882 a1325 [see sense 9]. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1254 Sire Meliager [was] in gret mynd a man out to sende To ser Alexander. 1505 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 102 We ar and ever was of gude mynde till do this gude tovne..plesour. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccli. 796 Wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey, who was in mynde to remedy it. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 41/1 He secretly..caused the Quene to be perswaded and brought in the mynd, that it..shold be ieopardous, the king to come vp strong. 1563 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 166 The said abbot wes of mynde to dispone..the kirk place [etc.]. 1586 Let. Earle Leycester 13 Neither did I it of minde to circumvent her. 1599 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 40 His Majestie being of gude mynd that the said Sir George be satisfeit of the saidis debursmentis, as ressone requyris. a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 233 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) Pharaoh [was] in a good minde, as wee say, to let the people goe. 1632 in R. S. France Thievely Lead Mines, 1629–35 (1951) 151 [They] would..have confederated..with Godfrey Mercer for his grove, haveinge gotten Casson in a mynde for his. 1661 C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 24 I doe not find my brother of the mind he seemed at first to be of to buy it. 1764 H. Bostwick Let. 10 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 953 The Indions Said they had maid peas but we was a mind to starve them. 1779 W. Cowper Hypocrisy Detected 12 They..set their wit at work to find What the prophet had in mind. 1814 Gonzanga ii. i, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre III. 113 Oh lud! if I can but get her in the mind to have me. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast vi. 49 The sail-maker was a Fin, and could do anything he was of a mind to. 1865 Harper's Mag. Oct. 674/2 If the Supreme Court was a mind to make a fool of itself, that was no reason that his court should. 1876 W. Minturn George Douglas (typescript) ii. i. 13 ‘I can eat all you're likely to kill in this campaign.’ ‘Then yeou may if you're a mind tew.’ 1877 H. James American vii. 135 ‘I have something better in mind,’ he said; ‘come home with me and finish the evening before my fire.’ a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. xv. 358 The next morning Susan went shopping. She had it in mind to get the materials for a costume of a certain delicate shade of violet. 1949 H. Preece 6 Mar. in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) ii. iv. 340 Britt Bailey had a mighty fine property..and he was no mind to get out of Texas. 1965 B. Behan Confessions Irish Rebel (1967) 157 I wasn't in mind to be asking further. 1986 J. Nagenda Seasons of T. Tebo ii. iii. 64 We could all do it if we were of a mind to. 1996 Earth Matters Autumn 18/1 I've always been a scribbler—all my family were journalists, and I had in mind to be one, too. to be of a mind a. to be of (also in) (a) mind (now usually to be of a mind): to be disposed or minded, to purpose, desire (to do something); (occasionally) to be in great mind (also of good mind or in a good mind) (cf. sense 11). of mind: with purpose, or intending (to do something). to bring (also get, etc.) in mind: to persuade. to have (something) in mind: to intend, plan, or determine to do (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > wish or be disposed or inclined [verb] willeOE listc1200 to be of (also in) (a) minda1325 to will well that1340 likea1375 to find in one's hearta1393 to have a minda1400 pleasec1450 set1470 to have a mind1530 care1560 fadge1592 please1611 choose1622 offer1639 to feel like1808 the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > forgotten out of memorya1275 of minda1325 out of mindc1325 forlainc1330 unrememberedc1425 oblivious1535 forgotten1600 unretained1666 unrecollected1733 unrecalled1742 buried1806 evanished1829 unmemoried1829 unrevived1877 spark out1882 a1325 [see sense 9]. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1254 Sire Meliager [was] in gret mynd a man out to sende To ser Alexander. 1505 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 102 We ar and ever was of gude mynde till do this gude tovne..plesour. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccli. 796 Wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey, who was in mynde to remedy it. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 41/1 He secretly..caused the Quene to be perswaded and brought in the mynd, that it..shold be ieopardous, the king to come vp strong. 1563 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 166 The said abbot wes of mynde to dispone..the kirk place [etc.]. 1586 Let. Earle Leycester 13 Neither did I it of minde to circumvent her. 1599 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 40 His Majestie being of gude mynd that the said Sir George be satisfeit of the saidis debursmentis, as ressone requyris. a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 233 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) Pharaoh [was] in a good minde, as wee say, to let the people goe. 1632 in R. S. France Thievely Lead Mines, 1629–35 (1951) 151 [They] would..have confederated..with Godfrey Mercer for his grove, haveinge gotten Casson in a mynde for his. 1661 C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 24 I doe not find my brother of the mind he seemed at first to be of to buy it. 1764 H. Bostwick Let. 10 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 953 The Indions Said they had maid peas but we was a mind to starve them. 1779 W. Cowper Hypocrisy Detected 12 They..set their wit at work to find What the prophet had in mind. 1814 Gonzanga ii. i, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre III. 113 Oh lud! if I can but get her in the mind to have me. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast vi. 49 The sail-maker was a Fin, and could do anything he was of a mind to. 1865 Harper's Mag. Oct. 674/2 If the Supreme Court was a mind to make a fool of itself, that was no reason that his court should. 1876 W. Minturn George Douglas (typescript) ii. i. 13 ‘I can eat all you're likely to kill in this campaign.’ ‘Then yeou may if you're a mind tew.’ 1877 H. James American vii. 135 ‘I have something better in mind,’ he said; ‘come home with me and finish the evening before my fire.’ a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. xv. 358 The next morning Susan went shopping. She had it in mind to get the materials for a costume of a certain delicate shade of violet. 1949 H. Preece 6 Mar. in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) ii. iv. 340 Britt Bailey had a mighty fine property..and he was no mind to get out of Texas. 1965 B. Behan Confessions Irish Rebel (1967) 157 I wasn't in mind to be asking further. 1986 J. Nagenda Seasons of T. Tebo ii. iii. 64 We could all do it if we were of a mind to. 1996 Earth Matters Autumn 18/1 I've always been a scribbler—all my family were journalists, and I had in mind to be one, too. to be of (also in) one (or a) mind b. to be of (also in) one (or a) mind and variants: to agree in judgement, purpose, or opinion; to be unanimous. with one mind: unanimously, with one accord. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord1340 cordc1380 to be condescendedc1386 to be consentedc1386 consenta1400 intend1421 onec1450 drawc1480 to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496 agreea1513 gree?a1513 to draw by one string1558 conspire1579 to meet witha1586 conclude1586 condog1592 consign1600 hit1608 centre1652 to be of (another's) mind1717 to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829 to sing the same song1846 ?1496 in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1863) II. 67 If we hadde alle here ben of oone mynde in folowyng directly the Kinges mynde. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) 87 With ane mynde thay did consent togidder Dauid to slay. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 38902 All in ane mynd and will. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 297 I would we were all of one minde, and one minde good. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 236 He and his Phisitions Are of a minde. View more context for this quotation 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 191 The three Spaniards were halfe of the same mind. 1686 J. Gowther Amicable Accommodation 2 Being so near of a mind, we have yet been so long clashing Quills, as Adversaries. a1712 G. Granville Ess. Unnat. Flights Poetry in Poems 176 And, by the Tyrant's Murder, we may find That Cato and the Gods were of a Mind. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber ix. 179 Their Lovers are generally constant, simple Sighers, both of a Mind. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 133 Ye pulled together with one mind. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 136 A panel means twelve perplexed agriculturists, who..are starved till they are of one mind. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues III. 577 When men have anything to do in common, that they should be of one mind is a pleasant thing. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 70 Here they were, all of a mind, and all ready to start. 1933 D. Richardson in J. Gawsworth Ten Contemporaries 2nd Ser. ix. 196 Strangers impinging, the sense of a vast company of people by no means all of one mind. 1981 Dict. National Biogr. 1961–70 52/1 They were of one mind on the necessity of involving the United States in the defence of Western Europe. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart xi. 663 Then must you..pick up your hatchets to rise with one mind and one heart against those whites who have so defiled her. < as lemmas |
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