英语词汇“to be of many minds”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to be of (occasionally in) many (also †divers) minds: to waver in purpose, to be indecisive. to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.): to vacillate, to be undecided.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]

haltc825

flecchec1300

waverc1315

flickerc1325

wag1387

swervea1400

floghter1521

stacker1526

to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530

wave1532

stagger1533

to hang in the wind1536

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

mammer1554

sway1563

dodge1568

erch1584

suspend1585

float1598

swag1608

hoverc1620

hesitate1623

vacillate1623

fluctuate1634

demur1641

balance1656

to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674

to stand shall I, shall I1674

to go shill-I shall-I1700

to stand at shilly-shally1700

to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734

whiffle1737

dilly-dally1740

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751

oscillate1771

shilly-shally1782

dacker1817

librate1822

humdrum1825

swing1833

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848

to back and fill1854

haver1866

wobble1867

shaffle1873

dicker1879

to be on the weigh-scales1886

waffle1894

to think twice1898

to teeter on the brink1902

dither1908

vagulate1918

pern1920

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] > hesitate between alternatives

halt1382

dilemma1687

bedrift1837

pendulate1837

vacillate1841

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1853

to be torn between1871

to play pendulum1893

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 428/1 I am of dyverse myndes, je me varie... I wolde be glad to deale with hym, but the man is of so dyverse myndes that there is no holde at hym.

1674 tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. ii. 29 The people were in many minds, some would needs fight as a thing that must one day be done, and therefore it was better to do it now.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 55 You'll never be mad, you are of so many Minds.

1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xxi. 203 I was in twenty Minds whether to take her first, and then catch the Chickens, or to let her go off, and then clap upon them.

1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxv. 257 This missive (which I was in twenty minds at once about recalling, as soon as it was out of my hands).

1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xli. 417 I was in several minds how to dress myself on the important day.

1853 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. II. xxii. 171 Jack [Cade]..was in two minds about fighting or accepting a pardon.

1881 E. D. Brickwood in Encycl. Brit. XII. 197/2 However bold the horse may be, he will soon refuse water if his rider be perpetually in two minds when approaching a brook.

1910 J. London Wit of Porportuk in Lost Face 238 When I came among you..I was of one mind. As I listened..I was of many minds. Now am I of one mind again.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 280 I'm on two minds not to give that fellow in charge for obstructing the thoroughfare with his brooms and ladders.

1952 M. Laski Village i. 13 I was in two minds whether to come or not.

1989 Business Traveller June 45/3 He considered the whole thing odd in the extreme and in fact was of two minds whether to believe me or not.

2000 Independent (Electronic ed.) 13 Feb. 24 The Labour Party has long been of two minds about devolution.

单词	to be of many minds
释义	> as lemmas to be of (occasionally in) many (also †divers) minds d. to be of (occasionally in) many (also †divers) minds: to waver in purpose, to be indecisive. to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.): to vacillate, to be undecided. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] > hesitate between alternatives halt1382 dilemma1687 bedrift1837 pendulate1837 vacillate1841 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1853 to be torn between1871 to play pendulum1893 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 428/1 I am of dyverse myndes, je me varie... I wolde be glad to deale with hym, but the man is of so dyverse myndes that there is no holde at hym. 1674 tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. ii. 29 The people were in many minds, some would needs fight as a thing that must one day be done, and therefore it was better to do it now. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 55 You'll never be mad, you are of so many Minds. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xxi. 203 I was in twenty Minds whether to take her first, and then catch the Chickens, or to let her go off, and then clap upon them. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxv. 257 This missive (which I was in twenty minds at once about recalling, as soon as it was out of my hands). 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xli. 417 I was in several minds how to dress myself on the important day. 1853 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. II. xxii. 171 Jack [Cade]..was in two minds about fighting or accepting a pardon. 1881 E. D. Brickwood in Encycl. Brit. XII. 197/2 However bold the horse may be, he will soon refuse water if his rider be perpetually in two minds when approaching a brook. 1910 J. London Wit of Porportuk in Lost Face 238 When I came among you..I was of one mind. As I listened..I was of many minds. Now am I of one mind again. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 280 I'm on two minds not to give that fellow in charge for obstructing the thoroughfare with his brooms and ladders. 1952 M. Laski Village i. 13 I was in two minds whether to come or not. 1989 Business Traveller June 45/3 He considered the whole thing odd in the extreme and in fact was of two minds whether to believe me or not. 2000 Independent (Electronic ed.) 13 Feb. 24 The Labour Party has long been of two minds about devolution. extracted from mindn.¹ < as lemmas
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