单词 | to think back |
释义 | > as lemmasto think back (on or to) i. intransitive. to think back (on or to), to look back (on) reflectively, consider with hindsight. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back, retrospect [verb (intransitive)] to look backward?c1450 to look back1529 to look backwards1598 recoila1616 retrospect1664 run1692 revert1820 reverie1832 to think back (on or to)1901 to job backwards1907 1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 231 I thought back on the days us had been together. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 June 387/1 I think back to the sixth forms of the twenties. 1965 H. Gold Man who was not with It (new ed.) iii. 29 Goombye, I thought back to him. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Oct. 1327/2 When I think back on it now, that was the best thing I could have done. 1989 D. G. Thomas Adv. Swimming 42 Now think back to the moment you first began to press, elbows high, forearms and hands pointing forward. 2003 M. Mirolla Berlin 175 I think back on the events of the previous two days. < as lemmas |
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