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单词 to keep an open mind
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to keep an open mind
A mind that is accessible or receptive, esp. to new arguments or ideas; a candid or honest mind. Also (esp. in later use): an unprejudiced mind. Frequently in to keep an open mind and variants: to be ready to consider a matter without prejudice. Cf. open adj. 32.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > be unbiased [verb (intransitive)]
to keep an open mind1745
to bend or lean over backwards(s)1925
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > mind characterized by
open mind1745
1745 M. Akenside Ode iii, in Odes on Several Subj. 18 Let universal Candour still..Preserve my open mind.
1829 N. P. Willis Table of Emerald in Fugitive Poetry 39 The natural thought of an open mind, Should govern alone my lot.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xli. 115 He conceived not..how an open mind could fail to see in the chronology of ‘the little horn’ the resplendent lamp of an inspired symbol.
1897 B. Stoker Dracula xiv. 189 I have tried to keep an open mind; and it is not the ordinary things of life that could close it, but the strange things.
1911 G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma i. 6 Schutzmacher: Oh, in my case the secret was simple enough... I'm afraid youll think it rather infra dig. Ridgeon: Oh, I have an open mind.
1976 Star (Sheffield) 29 Oct. 1/3 Senior detectives said they were keeping an open mind whether the attacker is the same man who has committed several rapes in the Barnsley area.
2000 Times 7 Aug. i. 12/6 He insisted that Mr Blair had an open mind on the issue despite a decision by the Labour leadership.
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