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单词 willing-minded
释义

willing-mindedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɪlɪŋˈmʌɪndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɪlɪŋˈmaɪndᵻd/
Forms: see willing adj., adv., and n.2 and minded adj.2
Origin: Formed in English, by compounding. Etymons: willing adj., minded adj.2
Etymology: < willing adj. + minded adj.2
That has or shows a willing mind; well-intentioned.In quot. 1564 as noun.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] > characterized by goodwill or kind intention
well-willingOE
kindlya1375
well-meant?1476
well-wished1560
well-natured1561
willing-minded1564
well-meaned1580
well-intendeda1586
well-designed1641
well-designing1670
goodwilly1706
well-intentioned1734
good faith1880
1564 P. Moore Hope of Health Ep. Ded. sig. *.vii I purpose by this my smalle trauaille, to declare vnto the willyng minded, good rules of Phisike.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. i. 8 Exertions which were of the willing-minded but futile kind, going forward pellmell, not by plan.
2005 Independent (Nexis) 7 Mar. 33 Willing-minded countries and their politicians have been swept along by the war-rhetoric of fighting climate change.

Derivatives

ˌwilling-ˈmindedness n.
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1647 Alarum to Headquarters 6 We had almost said, an argument of our willing mindednesse to slavery still.
1830 S. T. Coleridge Let. 1 June (1895) II. 751 Our Harriet, whose love and willing-mindedness to me-ward during my long chain of bodily miserablenesses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1564
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