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Mindless describes something done without any real thought, care, or purpose — 'mindless violence' means violence with no good reason behind it. It can also describe a task or activity that is so simple or repetitive that your brain does not need to work at all while doing it, like 'mindless scrolling' on your phone.
不經大腦的；不用動腦的
組成mind + -less (without) — 'without mind or thought'.
同家族的字
- mindfulthe opposite idea — full of careful, calm attention, instead of 'without' any thought
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mindlessadj/maɪnd.ləs/
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Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
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Having no sensible meaning or purpose.
- An act of mindless violence.
- “I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship.
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Heedless.
- Near-synonyms: unmindful, absent-minded, thoughtless
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Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
- Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull
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Lacking a mind.
- Near-synonyms: brainless, unconscious, unsentient
- Atheism alleges that mindless scientific forces control the universe.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。