think

英 [θ??k] 美[θ??k]

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第三人稱單數:?thinks;過去式:?thought;過去分詞:?thought;現在分詞:?thinking;

think 想，想象，思考，認為

來自古英語 thencan,想象，來自 Proto-Germanic*thankjan,思考，來自 PIE*teng,思考，考慮，可能進一步來自 PIE*ten,延伸，延長，詞源同 extend,tentative.比喻用法，即展開想象的翅膀。

think: think: [OE] Think goes back to an Old English thencan. This was a variant of thyncan ‘seem, appear’, which survives in the archaic methinks (literally ‘it seems to me’), and so etymologically think probably carries the notion of ‘causing images, reflections, etc to appear to oneself, in one’s brain’. The noun thought comes from the same prehistoric Germanic base as produced the verb (as does English thank). Related Germanic forms include German and Dutch denken, Swedish t?nka, and Danish t?nke.
=> thank, thought
think (v.): Old English tencan "imagine, conceive in the mind; consider, meditate, remember; intend, wish, desire" (past tense tohte, past participle getoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from Proto-Germanic *thankjan (cognates: Old Frisian thinka, Old Saxon thenkian, Old High German denchen, German denken, Old Norse tekkja, Gothic tagkjan).

Old English tencan is the causative form of the distinct Old English verb tyncan "to seem, to appear" (past tense tuhte, past participle getuht), from Proto-Germanic *thunkjan (cognates: German dünken, d?uchte). Both are from PIE *tong- "to think, feel" which also is the root of thought and thank.

The two Old English words converged in Middle English and tyncan "to seem" was absorbed, except for its preservation in archaic methinks "it seems to me." As a noun, "act of prolonged thinking," from 1834. The figurative thinking cap is attested from 1839.

1. Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie: 請記住，幸福不在于你是誰或者你擁有什么，而僅僅取決于你的心態！

2. "I think I'll try a hypnotist," I said with sudden resolution.: “我會找催眠師試試，”我突然堅決地說。

3. I think I've got one of the most stressful jobs there is.: 我想我得到的這份工作是其中最繁重的工作之一。

4. They get angry if they think they are being treated disrespectfully.: 他們要是覺得受到了怠慢，就會大動肝火。

5. It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.: 雖然這是一場艱苦的斗爭，但我相信我們會取得勝利。