1.Vt. 照看、照管, = look after = take care of的意思,例如:
He promised to mind the baby while we were out.
Mind your own business! 管好你自己的事情。
2.Vt. 當心、注意,例如:
Mind the wet paint. 當心,油漆未干!
Mind you don’t fall. 小心別跌倒。
Mind, there comes the bus. 注意,車來了。
3.Vt.在乎、介意,常用于問句、否定句或條件從句,例如:
Do you mind if I smoke? = Do you mind my/me smoking?
If you do that, I will never mind.= I will never mind you/your doing that.
4.UC. 心、精神、智力、頭腦、理性,例如:
My difficulty is always in her mind.
He has a quick mind. 他頭腦反應(yīng)快。
He lost his mind. 他失去理智/發(fā)瘋。
He is absent-minded. 他心不在焉。
5.CN. 意見、想法、記憶、有聰慧頭腦的人,例如:
She always speaks her mind. (直言不諱)
Out of sight, out of mind. (眼不見,心不想)
So many men, so many minds. (人各有志)
He is one of today’s greatest minds. (偉人)