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tender-minded

/ten-der-mahyn-did/US // ˈtɛn dərˈmaɪn dɪd //

温柔的心,温柔的,温柔的人,温情的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : compassionate and idealistic.

Examples

  • The world is changing, and men really could use a movement—just not the misogynistic, conspiracy-minded one they have now.

  • But all fair-minded Americans should get behind this push for real equality and protections in the lives of all Americans.

  • We can always use people who are community-minded [like him].

  • There were likewise people who could have mobilized actors, students, reform-minded Communists and even trade unionists.

  • “Small groups of like-minded Turkers [can] come together and start taking productive action,” Bernstein said.

  • They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.

  • I cannot reconcile the idea of a tender Heavenly Father with the known horrors of war, slavery, pestilence, and insanity.

  • The Café tender was asleep in his chair; the porter had gone off; the sentinel alone kept awake on his post.

  • You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.

  • But she kept the same tone, and its tender archness only gave a greater sweetness to his sense of relief.