单词 | to think in terms of |
释义 | > as lemmasto think in terms of (c) to think in terms of: to consider along the lines of; to make the focus of one's attention; to base one's plans or intentions around. ΚΠ 1855 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 3 715/2 The decimal system makes passage from one unit to another much more easy, but it does not bind us to think in terms of one unit when another would be more convenient. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 242/2 Weingartner..gives the music the lay-out it would certainly have had if Beethoven had been thinking originally in terms of the orchestra. 1965 Listener 3 June 812/2 We were thinking in terms of the politics of democracy and gradualism, of separate African states, each different. 2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xi. 76 Why is it that men think in terms of enjoying things right now.., whereas women are always thinking in terms of bloody relationships? < as lemmas |
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