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think1 /θɪŋk/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp thought /θɔːt $ θɒːt/)  
1  opinion/belief 观点/信念 [transitiveT]THINK/HAVE THE OPINION THAT to have a particular opinion or to believe that something is true 想，认为，以为
think (that)
 I think that you’re being unfair.
我认为你这么做不公平。
 I thought I heard something.
我觉得我听到了什么声音。
 He didn’t think anyone would believe him.
他觉得没人会相信他。
 Do you think I should call him?
你认为我应该打电话给他吗？
 For some reason, I keep thinking it’s Friday today.
不知为什么，我总觉得今天是周五。
 The recession lasted longer than anyone thought it would.
谁也没有想到这次经济萧条会持续这么久。
 Am I right in thinking that you have a brother?
我想你是有个兄弟的，对吗？
 I can’t help thinking that he’s made a mistake.
我总觉得他弄错了。
 Do you honestly think I would do something so stupid?
你真认为我会做这么愚蠢的事吗？
what do you think of/about somebody/sth? (=used to ask someone for their opinion) 你认为某人/某事如何？
 What do you think of your new school?
你认为你的新学校如何？
think it necessary/possible/best etc (=believe it is necessary, possible etc) 认为有必要/有可能/最好等
 I thought it best to call first.
我认为最好还是先打个电话。
 I thought it appropriate to invite her to speak at the meeting.
我认为应当邀请她在会上发言。
 We must start thinking in terms of reducing costs.
我们必须开始考虑降低成本了。
be thought to be (doing) something (=be believed to be (doing) something) 据认为是（在做）某事
 Fraud is thought to be costing software companies millions of dollars a year.
据认为欺诈行为每年使软件公司损失数百万美元。
2  use your mind 动脑筋 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]THINK ABOUT to use your mind to decide about something, form an opinion, imagine something etc 想，思考，思索
 She thought very carefully before answering.
回答前她仔细斟酌了一番。
 Wait a minute – I’m thinking.
等一下，我正在想。
think about/of
 She lay awake thinking about the money.
她醒着，躺在那儿心里盘算着那笔钱。
think what/how/when etc
 I can’t think what else we could have done.
我想不出我们当时还能做些什么。
think (long and) hard (=think for a long time) 仔细考虑
 She thought very hard before deciding to leave her job.
她仔细考虑后才决定辞职。
 Holmes sat thinking deeply (=thinking in a serious and careful way).
福尔摩斯坐着，陷入沉思。
I dread/shudder/hate to think (=I do not want to think about something because it will be unpleasant) 我不敢/害怕/不愿去想
 I dread to think how much this call is going to cost.
我不敢去想这通电话要花多少钱。
3  have an idea 有一个想法 [transitiveT]THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHT to have words or ideas in your mind without telling them to anyone 想，想道
4  remember 记忆 [transitiveT] to remember something 回想；记得，想起
5  consider SB/STH 考虑某人/某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to consider that someone or something is a particular thing or has a particular quality 认为（是），以为（是），觉得（是）
6  think of/about doing something THINK ABOUTto consider the possibility of doing something 考虑做某事的可能性
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think of/about doing something• I've often thought about starting my own business.
7  think twice CAREFULto think very carefully before deciding to do something, because you know about the dangers or problems 〔在决定做某事之前〕再三考虑，慎重考虑
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think twice before doing something/before you do something• And if that is the case, they might think twice before giving you their money.• But it will sure as hell make him think twice before risking it.• He will not think twice before signing it.• If the élites could be persuaded that war might trigger revolution, then they would think twice before unleashing it.• Maybe if more people did this they would think twice before harming it.• These foods are potentially dangerous, yet nobody thinks twice before handing them out to their loved ones.
8  think again THINK ABOUTto think carefully about a plan, decision, idea etc, especially with the result that you change your mind or do something differently 再想想，重新考虑
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think about• Some practices were therefore thinking again about employing additional professionals out of budget surpluses.• I began to think again about escape.• Now that the excitements of the last fortnight were over, he would have to think again about getting some work.• Police say the prison authorities should think again about home visits.• Yesterday members of Darlington council's transport committee asked officers to think again about solving the problems of speed monitoring.• Lois thought again about the poetry course over at the university she had hoped to enjoy in her latter years.• I walk through the photography exhibit at the Kyoto Museum thinking again about what a photograph really means.
 SPOKEN PHRASES
26  think better of it CHANGE YOUR MINDto not do something that you had planned to do, because you realize that it is not a good idea 认为还是不做的好，想想又改变主意
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think better of it• She felt like slapping him in the face, but thought better of it.• But then she thought better of it.• Cowher said later he momentarily contemplated tackling Hudson, but thought better of it.• He could have forced the window in time, anyone could, but he seemed suddenly to think better of it.• He passed Miguel the joint but Miguel thought better of it.• Then he thought better of it.• He thought better of it, and despite a case of galloping homesickness, decided not to go home at all.• But he thought better of it and slowly breathed out the air through his nose.
27  think nothing of doing something EASYto think that a particular activity is normal or easy, even though other people think it is unusual or difficult 认为做某事不算什么
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think nothing of doing something• He'd think nothing of checking up on a fellow's credentials.• He thought nothing of playing in ten or eleven consecutive events.• He would think nothing of walking up and hugging you.• I thought nothing of it, just that whoever closed the house up had overlooked it.• She just found it hard to be owned by customers; men especially thought nothing of appraising her through her clothes.• The Human Piranha, a Harvard graduate, thought nothing of it.• They have been in the middle of war and think nothing of hearing shooting all round them.• When she was young enough to travel alone and think nothing of it.
28  think nothing of something to think that something is not important and then realize later that it is important 把某事不当回事〔尤指后来意识到它的重要性〕
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thought nothing of it• The Human Piranha, a Harvard graduate, thought nothing of it.• He thought nothing of it at the time.• I thought nothing of it, just that whoever closed the house up had overlooked it.
29  not think to do something to not consider doing something, especially when you later wish you had done it 没有想到做某事〔尤指后来希望做过〕
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not think to do something• I didn't even think to ask about him about how Christal's doing.• They naturally did not think to apply it to their own empires.• Most of the damage to trees was not thought to be permanent.• But U.S. officials said the signs of a possible attack were not thought to be related to the Khobar indictment.• Air pollution was not thought to be responsible.• We were told that we could not buy the camels because we had not thought to bring the right piece of paper.• Police said that although the explosion was not thought to have been an accident no one was being sought.• Police said cause had not been established but there were not thought to have been suspicious circumstances.• These are productive thoughts, but we do not want to lead Della Guardia to evidence he has not thought to obtain.
30  think for yourself INDEPENDENT PERSONto have ideas and thoughts of your own rather than believing what other people say 有自己的思想，独立思考
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think for yourself• Tanya insists on moving in many circles and, above all, on thinking for herself.• This problem is not discussed in the text; the purpose of this question is to force students to think for themselves.• I try to encourage my students to think for themselves.• Parents should encourage their children to think for themselves.• The purpose of this question is to force students to think for themselves.• And you learn about the real necessity of acting and thinking for yourself.• Authority can be mistaken and it can cover up ignorance with prestige and prevent people from thinking for themselves.• Characters have stopped thinking for themselves..• He did not seem able to deal with anyone who wished to work from understanding, or able to think for himself.• My aims include encouraging pupils to think for themselves and to choose their own methods of working.• You have to think for yourself, David told him.• 'You're going to have to start thinking for yourself, ' said David sternly.
31  think aloud  (also think out loud)SAY/STATE to say what you are thinking, without talking to anyone in particular 自言自语
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think aloud• At one juncture he found himself thinking aloud.• This often took place in the pub and involved thinking aloud.• Through this method you stimulate the person to look at things afresh and to think aloud.• She began to think aloud as she always did when I was with her.• Am I not to think aloud in your presence?• He did not attempt to formulate his ideas in finished form; he thought aloud so one could hear the brain tick.• What we have lived for is the dark when we think aloud to ourselves.
32  think straight [usually in negatives] to think clearly 思路清晰
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think straight• He was so dazed by all he had just been through that he couldn't think straight.• I - I can't think straight.• Since that day she had not been able to sleep, or to think straight.• The buzz made it hard to think straight.• Then she might - just might - be able to think straight.• Sooner or later he would be too exhausted to think straight and would give up the fight against himself.• You are horrified, you can not think straight, as you stare at the broken body.• One could never think straight when the body's ills took all one's attention.
33  not think much of somebody/something DON'T LIKEto not like someone or something very much 认为某人/某事不好
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not think much of somebody/something• Later I gathered she did not think much of my manners.• I don't think much of that new restaurant.• He did not think much of the lectures.• He does not think much of the Midwest, which he calls a backward, dumb but snobbish place.• He does not think much of the students or professors either.
34  think highly of somebody/something  (also think a lot of somebody/something)ADMIRE to admire or respect someone or something 对某人/某事评价很高，欣赏某人/某事
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think highly of somebody/something• Most of the women were college graduates, thought highly of Smith, and were pleased that this stranger was so smart.
35  think the world of somebody informalLOVE to like or love someone very much 非常喜爱某人
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think the world of somebody• He thinks the world of Cam.• I used to think the world of her when she came to stay.• Vic thought the world of her.• She thought the world of him.• And I think the world of the mayor.• Q My children think the world of their gerbil.• Daddy thinks the world of Widick.• She thinks the world of you, Herb.• Sonya thinks the world of you.
36  think badly of somebody  (also think less of somebody) formalDISAPPROVE to disapprove of someone or what they have done 对某人有不好的看法
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think badly of somebody• I could easily go in and request part-time work, and no one would think badly of me.• Try not to think badly of me.
37  think the best/worst of somebody APPROVEto consider someone’s behaviour in a way that makes them seem as good as possible or as bad as possible 把某人往最好里想/最坏里想
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think the best/worst of somebody• The prospect of Guy leaving, thinking the worst of her, was unbearable.• I was so ready to think the worst of him, she wailed inwardly.• Why should you think the worst of me?• You always think the worst of me.• He thought the worst of Mitch and clearly thought that left to herself she would ring London at once.• Ellie's the type of person that always thinks the best of people.• My immediate reaction, whether it be a man or a woman, is to think the worst of them.
38  think big informalPLAN to plan to do things that are difficult, but will be very impressive, make a lot of profit etc 打算大干一番，胸怀大志
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think big• By investing over $1.2 million, Levin and his partner are thinking big.• A big man physically, he thought big.• I always encouraged Alvin to think big.• In an era of government downsizing, Texas is thinking big.• It arose in the context of the thinking of people whose job it is to think big.• To trade in a heavyweight world market Britain must think big.• Maybe he thinks big bad Deane will help if things get too rough!• Do you need to think big or to pay a lot of attention to detail?• He pressed on, thinking big, planning the largest electric furnace in the world.
39. think outside the box to think of new, different, or unusual ways of doing something, especially in business 〔尤指商业中〕不拘一格地思考，跳出框框思考
40  think positive/positively to believe that you are going to be successful or that good things are going to happen 有乐观的想法，有自信的想法
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think positive/positively• Eva was jubilant, thinking, see how you limited yourself when you did not think positively.• Forget about your feelings, think positively.• However, rather than feeling gloomy about your lack of horseflesh try thinking positively about your situation.• Learning to think positively and to look towards healthy outcomes can help considerably in any diet programme.• One should always think positive, as the good doctor said.• Failure to think positively means that negative thoughts have come into his mind.• Take a deep breath and think positive thoughts.• When things were going so bad for us in December, the one guy who made people think positive was Barry.
41  think on your feet PREPAREto think of ideas and make decisions very quickly 思路敏捷，反应迅速
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think on your feet• I've always been good at thinking on my feet.• She clasped them and tried to think on her feet.• She had to use a lot of initiative and think on her feet.• Stay alert and think on your feet.• You must not be afraid of thinking on your feet and adding good ideas that occur to you as you speak.• This will probably be to see if you can think on your feet and react well under stress.• Industry today needs workers who can think on their feet and relearn their jobs constantly.• Their ability to think on their feet impressed the boss.• He can think on his feet quicker than anyone I've ever met.
42  think to do something literaryTRY TO DO OR GET something to try to do something 设法做某事
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think to do something• Sam Fong experienced an odd sensation on seeing some one he had always thought to be his enemy.• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has declared its intention of buying up to 15 percent and is thought to be quietly picking up stock.• It's thought to be that of a man last seen in May after a fight in a pub.• Conflicts long thought to be unsolvable are moving toward resolution.• Not surprisingly, some of these patients are thought to have food intolerance.• He needn't have feared, she thought to herself sadly.• They are thought to introduce too many complications.• It was a good job I was a groom and didn't need to think to muck-out.
43  anyone would think (that) UNTRUEused to say that someone behaves as if a particular thing were true, although it is not 谁都会以为…
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anyone would think (that)• Really, Tom, the way you're defending her, anyone would think I'd tortured the girl!• To hear you talk, anyone would think I was some kind of wanton, a man-stealer.• A woman like her ... To hear him talk, anyone would think she was some kind of Jezebel on the make.• The way he went on anyone would think we were engaged in an exact science.
→ can’t hear yourself think at hear(12)
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: to use your mind to decide about something, form an opinion, imagine something etc
adverbs
carefully
Think carefully about every spending decision you make.
hard (=with a lot of mental effort)
I bet, if you think really hard, you can think of something to do.
deeply
I should have thought more deeply before I agreed.
seriously
I thought seriously about my doctor’s advice.
clearly
She was simply too tired to think clearly.
phrases
long and hard (=hard, for a long time, before making a decision)
I thought long and hard about taking the role.
I dread/hate/shudder to think (=I do not want to think about something bad)
I dread to think what might have happened if we hadn’t found her.
 THESAURUS
to have a particular opinion 有某种想法
think 想，认为
I think you’re right.
我想你是对的。
She didn’t think that the film was very good.
她不认为这部影片很好看。
believe to have an opinion that you are sure is right, especially about an important subject such as politics or religion 相信；信仰
The protestors believe that it is wrong to experiment on animals.
抗议者相信，用动物做实验是不对的。
Do you really believe that the only solution to violence is more violence?
你真的相信对付暴力唯一的方法是以暴制暴吗？
feel to have a particular opinion, especially one that is based on your feelings, not on facts 觉得
She feels that there is no alternative.
她感到别无选择。
I just felt that it was the right thing to do.
我只是觉得应该那样做。
take the view that formal to have a particular opinion 认为
The court took the view that the company had acted unreasonably.
法庭认为该公司的行为不合理。
The college takes the view that smoking in the workplace is a fire risk.
那家学会认为，在工作场所吸烟属火灾隐患。
to think about something 思考某事
think to use your mind to decide about something, form an opinion, imagine something etc 想，认为 想，思考
I’ve been thinking about what you said – maybe you’re right.
我一直在斟酌你的话——也许你是对的！
I need some time to think.
我需要一段时间思考。
consider to think about something carefully before deciding what to do 考虑
Have you considered working for a year before going to college?
你有没有考虑过先工作一年再上大学？
weigh (also weigh up British EnglishBrE) to carefully think about a plan or choice by comparing all the advantages and disadvantages involved 权衡
You need to weigh up the pros and cons (=the advantages and disadvantages), and decide which investment is the best one for you.
你需要比较一下优缺点，决定哪种投资最适合你。
The committee are still weighing the alternatives.
委员会仍在权衡各种方案。
give something some/a lot of thought to think carefully about something, before you make a final decision about it 考虑某事物
Why don’t you give it some thought and then get back to me?
你先考虑一下，然后给我个回音如何？
He had obviously given the matter a lot of thought.
他显然已再三考虑过此事。
mull something over to think about a problem, plan etc before making a decision 考虑
Can you give me a bit of time to mull it over?
给我一点时间考虑好吗？
ponder to spend time thinking carefully and seriously about something, especially a problem or something complicated 思索
She is still pondering what to do.
她仍在考虑该怎么办。
Officials are pondering ways to remove the oil from the beaches.
官员们在考虑去除海滩油污的方法。
contemplate to think about something you might do in the future 思考；打算
Did you ever contemplate resigning?
你考虑过辞职吗？
reflect formal to think carefully about something, especially something that happened in the past 深思；反省
It was a good time to reflect upon the changes that had happened in my life.
这个时候正好可以反省一下我生活中发生的种种变化。
to keep thinking about something 一直思考某事
brood to keep thinking for a long time about something that worries you or that makes you angry or upset 念念不忘〔令人担忧或不愉快的事〕
There’s no point brooding over things you can’t change.
对自己无法改变的事，想也没用。
dwell on something to spend too much time thinking about something sad or unpleasant 对某事〔指令人伤心或不愉快的事〕不能释怀
I try to enjoy my life today and not dwell on the past.
我尽量去享受今天的生活，而不沉溺于过去。
n GRAMMAR: Patterns with think
You think that something is true:
I think that she is a great writer.
You think that something will happen:
Do you think the weather will be fine tomorrow?
You think that someone can do something:
I don’t think that he can come to the meeting.
You think that someone should do something, or ought to do something:
Do you think that the government should increase taxes?
I think that he ought to be ashamed of himself.
You think that something could be true or might be true:
I think that the keys might be upstairs.
You think that something could happen or might happen:
Some people think there could be another world economic crisis.
In negative sentences, you say I don’t think:
I don’t think that’s right.
I don’t think he liked it.
✗Don’t say:
I think that isn’t right. | I think he didn’t like it.
You can use the phrases I think so or I don’t think so, usually to give a short answer:
'Is his name John?' 'I think so.'
'Are we late?' 'I don’t think so.'
✗Don’t say: I think it.
n Grammar
Using the progressive
When think means ‘believe’, it is not normally used in the progressive. You say:
I think you look nice.
✗Don’t say: I am thinking you look nice.
In spoken English, people sometimes say I’m thinking to describe their present thoughts about something that is happening right now:
I’m thinking we should leave.
Using the passive
In more formal English, you can say it is thought that something is true:
It is thought that as many as a billion people are learning English.
 PHRASAL VERBS
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think• "He looks upset, " Camilla thought.• "What did you do with the keys?" "Hang on, I'm just trying to think."• Be quiet, I'm thinking.• Give me time to think.• I've been thinking about how to tell Marcia the bad news.• "What are you going to do with your day off?" "I don't know - I haven't really thought about it yet."• They would rather just cheer loudly for the athlete and not think about the politics.• He thought and thought but he couldn't remember.• It's a difficult question. Think carefully before you answer.• If she thought hard enough, she could just about remember what her mother looked like.• I never thought her business would be so successful.• I don't think I do.• I think I'll go and see what's happening out there.• She thinks I'm crazy to leave my job.• I thought it would make a nice little plug for Mortensen and Brannigan.• I've just thought of a really good idea.• Has she thought of any names for the baby?• I have been thinking of killing a few people.• "Did you ask Rita?" "No, I didn't think of that."• I thought of the contents of the suitcase and decided that there was something in what he said.• In their relationship to their government they think of themselves as neither powerless nor, what is more important, alone.• As I stripped off the wet suit, I thought over our situation.• The builders said the job would be finished tomorrow, but I don't think that's likely.• Do you think they'll come to the party?• Meg, who thought things ought to be done properly, invited Alan's parents round for tea, just before Christmas.• I thought we had a good meeting yesterday.• Just let me think what the title was.• I can't think where I put it.
be thought to be (doing) something• Because work is still considered a male role, leisure, similarly, is thought to be a male preserve.• House raids: A team of burglars is thought to be operating in the Chester Road area of Hartlepool.• Of those, 1,049 are thought to be HIV-positive.• The origin of the ancestral wild boar is thought to be the Crimea.• The sudden onset of severe weather conditions was thought to be a frequent result of disturbance to a site.• This was thought to be the cause of the blaze.• Thus, when pain is seen to arise within the counselling process, counselling is thought to be the cause.• Until recently the Antikythera mechanism was thought to be the sole surviving example of mathematical gearing in the Hellenistic tradition.
I dread/shudder/hate to think• I never know how carefully. I shudder to think.• What we will do next Season I dread to think.• What will happen when you publish on Sundays as well, I dread to think.• This can be one of the many characteristics of toxoplasmosis. I hated to think of Jasper being as I had been.• Palestrina! I shudder to think what I should do when her next social invitation arrives in the letter box!• I regularly see them sent out alone on shopping errands. I shudder to think what might happen on their way home.• But without Debbie's determination and your article, I dread to think what might have happened.• But take care of them, darling. I hate to think what we'd do if they had to be replaced.
think what/how/when etc• I wouldn't let myself think how I had hoped to marry Nour and the happiness I had anticipated.• They sat in the private bar at the Gates looking down into their glasses, trying to think what it should be.• No doubt there was an answer to that, too, but he couldn't think what it was.• She dreaded to think what sort of state her face must be in.• Maybe he's thinking how to explain it, I thought.• He was thinking how unconscious she seemed now to be of the awkwardness of their encounter.• I thought when we pushed it we played a lot better.• Watching that fair, contemptuous face he thought how well he knew the type from his own school.
think where/what etc• She came to visit Streatlam to look at the horses and I thought what a very handsome woman she was.• For one moment she thought what fun it would be with them all.• He couldn't think where he had gone wrong.• Polly could not begin to think what he meant.• I stopped for a second and tried to think what my conclusive proof was.• I can not think what the Riding, but not only the Riding, will be without him.• Tried not to think what they were treading on.• I hate to think what we'd do if they had to be replaced.
think kindly of• She would, he declared, think kindly of him for what he had said.
think2 noun  
1 have a think British EnglishBrETHINK ABOUT to think about a problem or question 想一想，想一下
 I’ll have a think and let you know.
我要想一想再告诉你。
Origin think
Old English thencan
think1 verb
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