单词 | thinking-out |
释义 | > as lemmasthinking-out thinking-out n. [after to think out at think v.2 Phrasal verbs] the activity of reaching an understanding of or a solution to a problem by a process of thought. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > thinking out excogitation1531 thinking-out1850 thinking-through1910 1850 E. Robinson Greek & Eng. Lexicon of New Test. (rev.ed.) 254/1 A thinking out, invention, device. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. ix. 654 I was using my prestige and possibilities as an imaginative writer, to do the thinking-out of this problem of human will and government, under fantastic forms. 1946 R. G. Collingwood Idea of Hist. 196 This thinking-out of the meaning of a concept is philosophy. 2000 Philosophy 75 342 His thinking is not the thinking out of a theoretical problem, but the thinking up of an audience-pleasing sequence of phrases, sentence, anecdotes, sentiments, etc. < as lemmas |
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