| 单词 | think big |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto think big c. On a grand scale; ambitiously. Chiefly in to think big: to be ambitious. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adverb] ambitiouslyc1450 vaultingly1890 big1903 1903 P.E. Burrowes Revolutionary Ess. in Socialist Faith & Fancy v. 40 When they do agree, and find that in order to relieve one poor little fellow's trouble they must relieve the president's, they begin to think big. 1922 London Mercury July 277 He saw and thought big, and expressed his dreams in grandiose Shakespearean productions. 1954 N. V. Peale in Washington Post 5 June 18/7 Think big, believe big, pray big. 1988 P. Tilleraas Color of Light July 7 It may help to try and remember when we stopped dreaming big. When did our imagination begin to fade and our childhood end? 2001 High Country News 12 Feb. 6/2 The Forest Service spent the last days of the Clinton administration thinking big. to think big c. transitive. With adjective as complement or used adverbially: to have one's mental processes full of, centred on, or influenced by, or to concentrate on, things that are of the specified kind or quality (cf. sense 2b). Frequently in slogans. Esp. and earliest in to think big (see also big adv. 2c). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > think [verb (intransitive)] > in specified way unmuddled1825 think1903 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire [verb (intransitive)] affect?a1425 aspirec1460 affectate1560 to think big1903 trod1909 to raise one's sights1950 1903 P.E. Burrowes Revolutionary Ess. in Socialist Faith & Fancy v. 40 When they..find that in order to relieve one poor little fellow's trouble they must relieve the president's, they begin to think big. 1954 N. V. Peale in Washington Post 5 June 18/7 Think big, believe big, pray big. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship xv. 300 Living in a small town had subtly affected my mind, and I had begun to Think Small. 1970 in M. Pei Words in Sheep's Clothing ii. 14 For those who think old! 1972 D. Haston In High Places xii. 139 With people pulling off tricks like the West Ridge, Dhynenfurth was not day-dreaming in thinking tall. 1979 Now! 21 Sept. 134/3 Simple, uncluttered and tubular they illustrate fashion's new mood of ‘think thin’. 1981 Daily Tel. 21 Dec. 2/3 (heading) ‘Think British’ call to CBI firms. 2007 J. Craig One Team in Tallinn vii. 87 He was wearing a tartan baseball cap which had a piece of plastic stuck on its front, the bit of plastic having ‘Think Scottish’ printed on it. < as lemmas |
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