[not in progressive]THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHT if something comes or springs to mind, you suddenly or immediately think of it 突然出现在脑海里,立即被想到 I just used the first excuse which sprang to mind. 我只是想到一个借口就说出来了。
A memory of last night came to mind, and he smiled. 回想起昨晚的事,他笑了。
Fatherhood doesn’t immediately spring to mind when you think of James. 想到詹姆斯,你脑子里不会一下子跳出一个父亲的样子。
Do not say that something ‘comes to your mind’ or ‘springs to your mind’. Say that it
comes to mind or
springs to mind.
不要说 something ‘comes to your mind’ 或 ‘springs to your mind’. 而要说 it comes to mind 或 springs to mind.
come/spring to mind• Three possible explanations come to mind.• Multiple calamities had come to mind.• Dell and Elonex immediately spring to mind.• As I thought about this, two questions kept coming to mind.• Faded was the word that sprang to mind - everything had a rather tired quality about it.• All of this comes to mind because of the movies.• He waited for something to come to mind.