詞:-minded
英英釋義: having a particular character, interest or way of thinking about things
例句:The Lancet, a general medical journal, is highly popular among academically-minded medical students.
2. 體會這個詞 (進階篇)
“minded”常以後綴的形式使用,比如我們常見的有 like-minded(誌同道合的),open-minded(思想開明的)。-minded 作為後綴可以表示“有…性格”“對…感興趣”,我們在壹些語境下可以用來靈活替換 charater, be interested in。壹起通過幾個例子來了解它的靈活用法。
比如我們想說領導者要有說壹不二的職業作風,就可以說成:
Great leadership calls for tough-minded professionalism.(在這裏 tough-minded 就表示有“tough”這種性格的人)
許多對學術研究有興趣的醫學生都喜歡讀醫學期刊《柳葉刀》(The Lancet),我們可以用 academically-minded 來表示“對學術研究有興趣的”:
The Lancet, a general medical journal, is highly popular among academically-minded medical students.
《經濟學人》中也常用 -minded,比如:
And as more career-minded women have had children, they have become powerful enough to demand time off from their employers.(這裏的 career-minded 可以理解為“事業心強的”)
《經濟學人》的招聘廣告上也有 -minded:
This is an opportunity to work with smart digitally-minded people fighting to keep the newspaper competitive in an ever-changing environment.(digitally-minded 指的就是“對數字媒體感興趣的”)
3. 從認識到會用(作業)
1)翻譯下面的句子:
這個項目是為這些和學術研究相比,對運動更感興趣的學生而設計。
(參考翻譯:This program is designed for students who are more sports-oriented than academically-minded. )
2)結合自己的生活、學習、工作、興趣等,想象在什麽語境下會用到這個表達。先簡要描述這個場景,再造句。