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give piece of one's mind

/mahynd/US // maɪnd //UK // (maɪnd) //

下决心,放话,安心,下决心的事

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
    • : Psychology. the totality of conscious and unconscious mental processes and activities.
    • : intellect or understanding, as distinguished from the faculties of feeling and willing; intelligence.
    • : a particular instance of the intellect or intelligence, as in a person.
    • : a person considered with reference to intellectual power: the greatest minds of the twentieth century.
    • : intellectual power or ability.
    • : reason, sanity, or sound mental condition: to lose one's mind.
    • : a way of thinking and feeling; disposition; temper: a liberal mind.
    • : a state of awareness or remembrance: The poem puts me in mind of experiences both new and forgotten.
    • : opinion, view, or sentiments: to change one's mind.
    • : inclination or desire: to be of a mind to listen.
    • : purpose, intention, or will: Let me know your mind in this matter before Tuesday.
    • : psychic or spiritual being, as opposed to matter.
    • : a conscious or intelligent agency or being: an awareness of a mind ordering the universe.
    • : remembrance or recollection; memory: Former days were called to mind.
    • : attention; thoughts: He can't keep his mind on his studies.
    • : Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. notice; attention: When he's like that, just pay him no mind.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. a commemoration of a person's death, especially by a Requiem Mass.Compare month's mind, year's mind.
    • : Also called Divine Mind. Christian Science. God; the incorporeal source of life, substance, and intelligence.Compare mortal mind.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pay attention to.
    • : to heed or obey.
    • : to apply oneself or attend to: to mind one's own business.
    • : to look after; take care of; tend: to mind the baby.
    • : to be careful, cautious, or wary about: Mind what you say.
    • : to feel concern at; care about.
    • : to feel disturbed or inconvenienced by; object to: Would you mind handing me that book?
    • : to regard as concerning oneself or as mattering: Don't mind his bluntness.
    • : Dialect. to perceive or notice.to remember.to remind.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pay attention.
    • : to obey.
    • : to take notice, observe, or understand: Mind now, I want you home by twelve.
    • : to be careful or wary.
    • : to care, feel concern, or object: Mind if I go? Don't mind if I do.
    • : to regard a thing as concerning oneself or as mattering: You mustn't mind about their gossiping.

Phrases

  • mind like a steel trap, have a
  • mind of one's own, have a
  • mind one's own business
  • mind one's p's and q's
  • mind over matter
  • mind the store
  • back of one's mind
  • bear in mind
  • blow one's mind
  • boggle the mind
  • bring to mind
  • call to mind
  • change one's mind
  • come to mind
  • cross one's mind
  • frame of mind
  • go out of one's mind
  • great minds
  • half a mind
  • have a good mind to
  • in one's mind's eye
  • in one's right mind
  • know one's own mind
  • load off one's mind
  • lose one's mind
  • make up one's mind
  • meeting of the minds
  • never mind
  • of two minds
  • one-track mind
  • on one's mind
  • open mind
  • out of sight (out of mind)
  • piece of one's mind
  • presence of mind
  • prey on (one's mind)
  • put one in mind of
  • read someone's mind
  • set one's mind at rest
  • slip one's mind
  • speak one's mind
  • to my mind

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inadmonish

Examples

  • Researchers have, likewise, gained a deeper understanding of the ways students’ minds work.

  • With that in mind, here are the organizations where your money will likely do the most good.

  • Keep in mind that if your state mailed you a ballot, you may be required to bring it with you if you decide to vote in person.

  • Preparing a backup plan may help set your mind at ease in unpredictable times.

  • As things stand right now, E-A-T is not something to keep in mind while doing day-to-day SEO operations.

  • And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.

  • The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?

  • True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.

  • And keep in mind that when Huckabee ran for president in 2008, he won the Iowa caucuses.

  • Accusing his opponents of being locked in a Cold War mind-set, it is Stone who is beholden to old orthodoxies.

  • Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.

  • He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.

  • "There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.

  • The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.

  • Many British Ferns evidence a marked tendency to “sport,” and this is a fact which the beginner should always bear in mind.