mentality

英 [men'tæləti] 美 [men'tæləti]

• n. 智力；心理状态；精神性

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]心态；思想方法

   characteristic attitude of mind;way of thinking

2. [U]智力，智能

   intellectual ability

英英释义

Noun:

1. a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

2. mental ability;

   "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Sheis a woman of poor mentality.
   她是智力低下的女子。
2. It threw light on the mentality of his former friend.
   它使他对他故友的思想有了一些了解。
3. He has many years' experience of the criminal mentality.
   他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。
4. I can't understand the mentality of people who say such things.
   我不能理解讲这种话的人的心理状态。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He has many years' experience of the criminal mentality.
   他有多年研究犯罪心理的经验。
2. He is only a person of average mentality.
   他的智力一般。

经典引文

• We should not be at all friendly with a government so little liberal in mentality.

  出自： R. Macaulay

• These Port managers..tended to acquire the bureaucratic mentality: they said No automatically.

  出自： U. Le Guin

• Hardy and D. H. Lawrence..use the story..as a kind of safety-valve, for things in their mentalities which demanded direct..expression.

  出自： J. Bayley

词汇搭配

• business mentality 企业经营思想...
• tranquilize the mind and promote mentality 宁神益智
• impairment of mentality 伤志
• siege mentality 精神压抑

近反义词

【近义词】

• outlook 景色
• mindset 精神状态
• brain 脑
• attitude 态度
• approach 靠近
• state of mind 心境
• frame of mind 心情
• point of view 观点
• understanding 理解
• head 头部
• temperament 气质
• capacity 容量
• intellect 智力
• sense 感官
• character 个性
• personality 个性
• mental capacity 心智能量
• wit 智力
• learning ability 学习能力
• brainpower 脑力
• mind-set 思想倾向