英语词汇“second thoughts”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

second thoughts n. ideas occurring subsequently; later and maturer consideration (usually in on or upon second thoughts); similarly first thoughts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > [noun]

rethinking1579

second thoughts1581

recogitationc1591

reconsideration1606

after-wit1607

after-meditation1626

after-counsel1634

remeditation1642

afterthought1647

after-consideration1693

after-rumination1830

retake1922

rethink1958

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. f. 23^v I finde verified the Prouerbe, Thar the second thoughtes are euer the best.

1642 King Charles I Message conc. Refusall to passe Bill 4 Second thoughts may present somewhat to your considerations which escaped you before.

1687 T. Cartwright in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 139 Are you..willing upon better and second thoughts to submit?

1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. ii. ii. 272 I desire you to send your second Thoughts, and Reflections upon it.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 164 I would not let Price go with me, on second thoughts, as many sad accidents might happen in this rough and desolate part of the world.

1838 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1842) IV. ii. 41 It is often said that second thoughts are best; so they are in matters of judgment, but not in matters of conscience.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 65 Is it so true that second thoughts are best? Not first, and third, which are a riper first?

1915 T. Bosanquet Let. 8 Dec. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) App. B. 372 On second thoughts I don't think it will matter.

1966 J. R. T. Tolkien Let. 10 May (1995) 369 I feel much honoured, and so also does my daughter-in-law (the sculptress), by the Faculty's wish to place the bust of me in the English Library in some prominent position—if on second thoughts you do not think a storied urn would be better.

2004 Sunday Times Trav. Feb. 150/3 On our small motorboat.., the two of us were being buffeted by seas that would have given Captain Ahab second thoughts about leaving terra firma... All the while the rain sluiced down in sheets.

单词	second thoughts
释义	> as lemmas second thoughts second thoughts n. ideas occurring subsequently; later and maturer consideration (usually in on or upon second thoughts); similarly first thoughts. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > reconsideration > [noun] rethinking1579 second thoughts1581 recogitationc1591 reconsideration1606 after-wit1607 after-meditation1626 after-counsel1634 remeditation1642 afterthought1647 after-consideration1693 after-rumination1830 retake1922 rethink1958 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. f. 23^v I finde verified the Prouerbe, Thar the second thoughtes are euer the best. 1642 King Charles I Message conc. Refusall to passe Bill 4 Second thoughts may present somewhat to your considerations which escaped you before. 1687 T. Cartwright in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 139 Are you..willing upon better and second thoughts to submit? 1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. ii. ii. 272 I desire you to send your second Thoughts, and Reflections upon it. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 164 I would not let Price go with me, on second thoughts, as many sad accidents might happen in this rough and desolate part of the world. 1838 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1842) IV. ii. 41 It is often said that second thoughts are best; so they are in matters of judgment, but not in matters of conscience. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 65 Is it so true that second thoughts are best? Not first, and third, which are a riper first? 1915 T. Bosanquet Let. 8 Dec. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) App. B. 372 On second thoughts I don't think it will matter. 1966 J. R. T. Tolkien Let. 10 May (1995) 369 I feel much honoured, and so also does my daughter-in-law (the sculptress), by the Faculty's wish to place the bust of me in the English Library in some prominent position—if on second thoughts you do not think a storied urn would be better. 2004 Sunday Times Trav. Feb. 150/3 On our small motorboat.., the two of us were being buffeted by seas that would have given Captain Ahab second thoughts about leaving terra firma... All the while the rain sluiced down in sheets. extracted from secondadj.n.² < as lemmas
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