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broad-minded

英 ['brɔ:d'maindid] 美
  • adj. 心胸开阔的;气量大的

词态变化


名词: broad-mindedness;

英英释意


1. incapable of being shocked;
"he was warmhearted, sensible and unshockable"
2. inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own;
"a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed"

英文词源


broad-minded (adj.)
1590s; see broad (adj.) + minded. This abstract mental sense of broad existed in Old English; for example in bradnes "breadth," also "liberality."

实用场景例句


...a fair and broad-minded man.
公正无私、心胸开阔的人

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