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单词 think on one's feet
释义

think1 /thingk/

transitive verb (pat and pap thought /thöt/)
  1. To form, conceive or revolve in the mind
  2. To have as a thought
  3. To imagine
  4. To judge
  5. To believe or consider
  6. To expect or intend
  7. To purpose, design
  8. To remember or recollect
  9. To bring into a particular condition by thinking
  10. To believe to exist (Milton)
intransitive verb
  1. To exercise the mind (often with about, of, or (archaic) on, upon)
  2. To revolve ideas in the mind
  3. To judge
  4. To be of an opinion
  5. To consider
  6. To call to mind, recollect
  7. To conceive or hit on a thought
  8. To aspire or form designs (with of or about)
  9. To be capable of thinking and reflecting
noun (informal)
  1. A spell of thinking
  2. A thought
ORIGIN: OE thencan

thinkˈable adjective

  1. Capable of being thought
  2. Conceivably possible

thinkˈer noun

  1. A person who thinks, esp someone with a powerful mind
  2. A horse that takes care of itself in a race and therefore does not try hard enough (horse-racing)

thinkˈing noun

  1. An opinion or judgement
  2. The process of thought
adjective

Using or capable of rational thought

thinkˈingly adverb

thinkˈ-in noun (informal)

A meeting to discuss ideas, thoughts on a subject, etc

think piece noun

An article in a newspaper or magazine expressing the writer's thoughts or opinion on a particular subject

think tank noun

A person or a group of people, usu expert in some field, regarded as a source of ideas and solutions to problems

have another think coming (informal)

To be wrong in what one thinks (about future events or actions)

I don't think

  1. I disbelieve
  2. A warning that what was said was ironical (informal)

I shouldn't (or wouldn't) think of

I would not under any conditions

just think of it or to think of it

An expression of surprise, disapproval, longing, etc

put on one's thinking-cap

To devote some time to thinking about some problem

think again

To (be forced to) change one's opinion

think aloud

To utter one's thoughts unintentionally

think back to

To bring to one's mind the memory of (a past event, etc)

think better of

  1. To change one's mind about (doing something) on reflection
  2. To feel more approval for

think for (archaic)

To expect

think little (or much, well) of

To have a poor (or high) opinion of

think long (archaic)

  1. To yearn
  2. To weary (from deferred hopes or boredom)

think nothing of

  1. Not to consider difficult, exceptional, etc
  2. Not to hesitate in (doing)

think nothing of it

It does not matter, it is not important

think on one's feet

To solve problems as they arise during an activity

think out

  1. To devise, project completely
  2. To solve by a process of thought

think over

To reconsider at leisure

think shame

To be ashamed

think through

  1. To solve by a process of thought
  2. To project and consider all the possible consequences, problems, etc relating to (some course of action)

think twice

  1. (often with about) to hesitate (before doing something)
  2. To decide not to do something

think up

To find by thinking, devise or concoct

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