think vt. (thought ) 1.想,思索,构思;考虑。 2.想出,想起。 3.认为,以为。 4.猜想,想像。 5.想要,打算。 6.使想。 7.感到。 I think I shall meet him today. 我想[认为]今天会遇见他。 I don't think it's five o'clock yet. 我看还不到五点。 I think him (to be) honest. 我认为他(是)老实(的)。 I'll think the matter over. 这事我得细细考虑考虑。 We should always use our brains and think everything over carefully. 凡事应该用脑筋好好想一想。 I can't think how she could figure out all the problems in an hour. 我想不出她怎么在一个小时之内算出所有的习题的。 Let's go and have a walk in the garden. You will think yourself silly. 咱们出去在花园里散散步吧,你用脑过度,再不出去散散步就要变傻了。 I thought to finish these letters before ten o'clock. 我原来打算十点钟以前把这些信都写好了。 I thought to find you in the library. 我原来猜想会在图书馆里找到你。 Who would have thought that they could win the game. 谁会想到他们竟能赢得那场球呢。 I think no harm in paying a visit to the Jones. 我感到拜访琼斯家没有害处。 vi. 1.想。 2.想像,思索,思考,考虑 (over; about; of ;on)。 3.想出,想起 (of; on)。 4.企图,想要,打算 (of)。 5.料想。 Only think ! 嗳,你想想看!think evil 想干坏事。 Please think again. 请再想想。 A university student should learn to think. 一个大学生应该学会思考。 I don't think so. 我认为不是那样。 I'm thinking about the plan we're going to lay out. 我在考虑我们要提出的计划。 T- over what I've said. 把我所讲的话细细地想想。 What do you think of the idea? 你认为这个想法怎么样? That's a useful book to people who think of literary life. 那是一本对想要从事文学生活的人有用的书。 I've thought deeply on our difficulties and the ways to get out of them. 我深思了我们的困难及其解决办法。 I don't think. 〔俚语〕我倒有点不相信〔添加在反话,讥刺话等后面〕(You are a pattern of tact, I don't think. 你的手腕了不起,我倒有点不相信)。 I think 是…吧〔插句或句尾〕。 I think not. 我以为不是那样。 think and think 想了又想,细想。 think aloud 自言自语,边想边说。 think away 想开了(如不信神了);想得忘了(如牙齿痛)。 think better of ...改变…的念头;对某人有较高的评价。 think fit to (do) 认为…适当(I think fit to refuse. 我以为拒绝的好)。 think harm to 想害…,企图加害。 think highly [no end, well] of 看重某人(某事),评价极高。 think little [nothing] of 看不起,轻视;满不在乎(think nothing of walking 30 miles a day 一天30英里也满不在乎)。 think much of 重视,看重;赞美,夸奖。 think of 1. 想起;想出(I cannot think of the right word)。 2. 想,企图 (He is thinking of...)。 3. 细想 (T- of what I told you.)。 think oneself into a dilemma 想得无所适从。 think oneself into a fever 想得头脑发热[兴奋不已]。 think out 想透;想出。 think out loud 〔美国〕=think aloud. think sense 通情达理地设想。 think shame 以为耻辱,羞愧。 think through=think out. think to oneself 暗暗地自言自语;在心中想[打算,思量]。 think twice 踌躇。 think up 〔美国〕想出,想起;〔口语〕发明。 think well [ill] of 认为好[坏]。 think with 和…意见相同。 n. 〔方、口〕思考;想法;念头。 Give it another think. 再想想吧。 Let's exchange thinks. 咱们交换交换想法。 have a hard think 苦思冥想。 adj. 思想(方面)的;供思考的。 a think teleplay 引人思索的电视剧。
better adj. 〔good, well 的比较级〕 (opp. worse ) 1.较好的,更好的。 2.大半的,大部分的。 3.更合适的。 4.较有品德的。 5.健康状态较好的,(疾病)渐愈的。 He has seen better days. 他曾经阔过一个时期。 better people 善良的人。 a better thing to do 更合适的办法。 the better part of a lifetime 大半生。 You'll feel better after a good sleep. 你睡个好觉,精神就会好一些了。 adv. 〔well 的比较级〕 1.更,更加,更好地。 2.更多地,以上。 Do better another time. 下次干好点。 I walked better than a mile to town. 我步行一英里以上进城去。 He is better loved than ever. 他更加受人爱了。 all the better 更好,更合适 (I like her all the better for her simplicity. 由于她单纯,我反而更喜欢她了)。 be better off 情况[处境]更好;更加富有。 be better than one's word 所做的超过所许诺的,比所许诺的更慷慨[做得更多,表现得更好]。 be the better for it 对…反而好,反而更好 (Give the child no money, he'll be the better for it. 不要给孩子钱,那样反而会对他有好处)。 better bet 〔美国〕更好[聪明]的选择。 B- late than never. 迟干胜于不干,亡羊补牢不算晚。 the better part of …的大部分 (the better part of a month 一个月的大部分时间,大半个月)。 better sort 长辈。 better than nothing 聊胜于无;不更坏就算运气。 for better (or) for worse 有福同享,有祸同当,祸福与共,同甘共苦,不论变好变歹〔出自祈祷书,举行结婚仪式时的用语〕 (They have taken each other for better or for worse. 他们已结为夫妇,今后同甘共苦)。 for the better 转好 (change for the better (处境)改善;(病)转好;(职位)升迁)。 get better(病)渐愈,快好。 get the better of 胜过,超出,占…的上风。 go (sb.) better 〔美俚〕胜过(某人),超过(某人),比(某人)体面。 had better 最好…,还是以…为好 (You had better do so. 你还是这样做好)。 know better 知道是不好[不对]的,很懂得,很明白(而不致于…) (I know better. 没有的事,我不信。 She said she didn't cheat, but I knew better. 她说她没有欺骗人, 但我深知不是那么一回事。 I know better than to quarrel. 我傻也不会傻到就吵架的。 ought to know better (to do sth.) 不该傻到去(做某事),不该这样傻)。 little better than 比…好不了多少。 no better than 并不比…好,简直就是;顶多不过是 (He is no better than a shop-keeper. 他顶多不过是一个店老板罢了)。 no better than he should be 行为不正,不规矩,不正派。 not better than 不比…更好;顶好也不过是。 one's better feelings 天良,优良的天性,高尚的感情。 one's better half 〔戏谑语〕妻子[丈夫]。 one's better self 良心。 so much the better 这就更好[更妙、好极]了。 think better of 1. 另行考虑,改变对…的想法,经考虑后决定不做(某事)。 2. 对…有较高评价。 n. 1.较好的东西[事、条件、行为等]。 2.(知识、能力、财产等)较优的人;〔 pl. 〕上级,上司;长上,长辈,前辈。 the better of two choices 两个选择物中的较优者。 You'll soon get a better than Willy. 很快就派一个比威利更高明的人给你。 Respect your betters. 尊敬你的长辈。 Do not ape your betters. 不要效颦。 不要不自量力地模仿比你强的人。 for want of a better 因为没有更好的东西[人,办法等]。 vt. 1. 改良,改善。 2.优于,胜过,超出。 better one's previous record 刷新本人过去的纪录。 better oneself 提高自己;改善个人处境。 vi. (情况等)有改善,变得有改进。 n. 打赌的人。