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A useful picture is someone whose mind is full of thought — literally thought-full. Look at them and you can tell something is turning over inside: they are quiet, a little slow to answer, eyes somewhere else. From that one picture the word goes two ways: where the thinking is aimed at other people it becomes kindness, and where it is aimed at a piece of work it becomes care and completeness.
可以想成：一個人心裡裝滿了「想」——字面上就是 thought + full。你看著他就知道裡面有東西在轉：安靜、回…更多收起
可以想成：一個人心裡裝滿了「想」——字面上就是 thought + full。你看著他就知道裡面有東西在轉：安靜、回話慢半拍、眼神落在別處。這個畫面往兩邊長：想的對象如果是別人，就變成體貼；想的對象如果是一件事、一份東西，就變成周全。所以 thoughtful 不管用在哪一邊，底下都是同一件事——這個人真的花了心思在想。原始詞典資料2 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。
thoughtfuladj/ˈθɔːtfəl/
- 1
Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
- Most thoughtful people eventually solve the puzzle.
- Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
- 2
Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
- Preparing dinner is a thoughtful gesture for a new mother.
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。