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Open-mindedness is the name of that quality: the willingness to consider and accept other people’s ideas and opinions, rather than pushing them away at once.
Open-mindedness is the name of that qualityopen-mindedness是這種特質的名稱:the willingness to consider and accept other people's ideas and opinions也就是願意考慮並接受別人想法和意見的態度,rather than pushing them away at once而不是馬上就把它們推開。
You talk about it as a thing a person shows, or a thing a class, a company, or a society values. “She showed open-mindedness” means she acted in that open way. It is the noun that belongs with the adjective open-minded; the idea is the same, only the shape of the word is different.
You talk about it as a thing a person shows你會說一個人表現出open-mindedness,or a thing a class, a company, or a society values或說一個班級、公司,或社會重視這個特質。“She showed open-mindedness” means she acted in that open way“She showed open-mindedness”的意思是,她用那種開放的方式行動。It is the noun that belongs with the adjective open-minded它是形容詞open-minded對應的名詞;the idea is the same意思是一樣的,only the shape of the word is different只是字的形式不一樣。
You meet it a little more in essays, speeches, and careful praise than in quick chat.
You meet it你會遇到這個字than in quick chat比起在輕鬆的閒聊裡a little more in essays, speeches, and careful praise在論文、演講,和謹慎的稱讚裡出現得多一點。
Though actually, students sometimes hunt for a second, secret sense — and there isn’t one. It is still that same willingness, named as a thing.
Though actually不過其實,students sometimes hunt for a second, secret sense學生有時會去找第二個、隱藏的意思— and there isn't one但其實並沒有。It is still that same willingness它還是同一種意願,named as a thing只是被當成一個名詞來稱呼。
組成From open-minded + -ness. -ness comes from Old English -nes (through Middle English -nesse) and means the state or quality of being that way.
同家族的字
- open-mindedthe adjective this noun is built from
- narrow-mindednessthe opposite noun, built the same way with -ness
原始詞典資料1 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。
open-mindednessnoun
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The characteristic of being open-minded.
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。