| 单词 |
bad-minded |
| 释义 |
bad-minded, a. Now chiefly Caribbean.
Brit. |ˌbadˈmʌɪndɪd|, U.S. |ˈˌbædˈˌmaɪndɪd|
[‹ bad adj. + minded adj.2 Compare slightly later bad mind n. With Caribbean usage, compare bad mind n. 2, bad mind adj., and discussion at that entry.]
Evil, suspicious; malicious, spiteful; cynical.
With Caribbean usage cf. bad mind adj.
1588A. Munday tr. C. Colet Famous Hist. Palladine Eng. xxxiii. 73v, If Galitreo were then doubtfully surprized, I referre to the iudgement of like bad minded men. 1620tr. Boccaccio Decameron II. vii. vi, Time might tutor her to affect some other beside himselfe: the onely common argument of every bad-minded man. 1688J. Bunyan Work Jesus Christ 56 Suppose also that some bad minded Neighbour..should prevail with this Child to steal something out of his Father's House. 1745L. Howard Newest Man. Private Devotions i. 231 Let no envious nor bad-minded Men endeavour to pull him down. 1838W. G. Simms Richard Hurdis I. xi. 126 He was a..sullen, sour, bad-minded wretch. 1920Bull. School Oriental Stud. 1 67 A bad-minded man. 1941Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Jan. 16/8 Hitla is a worthless trash—Bad-minded an' deprave. 1975T. Callender It so Happen 14 Everybody think about this for a little time, and nobody didn't want to say no to this in case the rest think them bad-minded. 2000D. Adebayo My Once upon Time vii. 145 ‘These guys must have gone to pissin' East Bank, spelling like that—’ ‘Boy! You're so bad-minded! Stop knocking everything.’ |
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