| 单词 | to close one's mind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto close one's mind (b) to close one's mind: to be unreceptive to, to refuse to accept; to ignore.In quot. 1829 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] fordita800 forheedc1275 forget1297 to let out ofa1300 spele1338 to go beside ——a1382 waivec1400 remiss?a1425 to go by ——?c1450 misknowledge?a1475 misknow1483 misken1494 to go besides ——1530 to let pass1530 unregard1545 unmind1562 overlook1570 mislippen1581 suspend1581 omit1589 blanch1605 to blow off1631 disregard1641 to pass with ——1641 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 prescind1654 nihilify1656 proscribe1680 unnotice1776 ignore1795 to close one's mind1797 cushion1818 to leave out in the cold1839 overslaugh1846 unheed1847 to write off1861 to look through ——1894 scrub1943 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. iii. 95 I do not wilfully close my mind against examination, but am directed by proof and yield to conviction. 1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 110 O God, could I so close my mind, And clasp it with a clasp. 1876 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) i. 2 To stuff our minds with what is simply trivial..is to close our minds to what is solid and enlarging. 1917 N.E.D. at Stop v. 8 a To atop (one's own or another's ear or ears). Also fig., to..refuse to listen, to close one's mind against arguments, etc. 1996 Kindred Spirit Summer 28/1 It is when we are feeling mean and misanthropic, when we have closed our minds to our own freedom and have set our faces against the world, that we objectify money. < as lemmas |
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