mentality

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n. 精神力, 智力, 头脑作用, 心态 [医] 智力

发音

US /mɛnˈtæləti/

词形变化

mentalities 复数 mentalities

教材释义与例句

名词

心态; 智力;精神力;头脑作用

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.

    心态

    心理

    心目

    Before he can succeed, he will have to shed the mentality that he can get by without hard work.

  2. 2.

    The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.

    1978, Edward Proffitt, "Romanticism, Bicamerality, and the Evolution of the Brain", The Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 9, No.1, reprinted in Kuijsten, 2016, page 129. […] the new mentality [of Romantic poetry]...is a mentality of self-authorization.

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词源

From mental + -ity. Doublet of mentalité.

来源:wiktionary