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单词 single-minded
释义
single-minded
adjective
uk
/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəlˈmaɪn.dɪd/us
/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəlˈmaɪn.dɪd/
verydeterminedtoachievesomething:
一心一意的，专心致志的
She had a single-minded will towin.她一心想赢。
Synonyms
determined
resolvedformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
working to achieve a goal even if it is difficult
  • determinedI was determined not to give up.
  • doggedHer dogged determination to uncover the truth about the scandal led to her winning a reporting prize.
  • persistentThe shop never gives refunds, but if you are persistent, they may.
  • resolvedI am resolved to do something about the issue.
  • resoluteWe must remain resolute in the face of opposition.
  • single-mindedShe was single-minded and uncompromising in her work.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Strong-willed
  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • adamantly
  • aggressive
  • aggressively
  • go-getting
  • going
  • gutsy
  • hard-boiled
  • hard-headed
  • pigheadedly
  • purposeful
  • purposefully
  • pushy
  • recalcitrant
  • unbending
  • undaunted
  • unrelenting
  • unrelentingly
  • unyielding
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Related words

single-mindedly
single-mindedness
(Definition ofsingle-mindedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

single-minded| American Dictionary

single-minded
adjective
us
/ˈsɪŋ·ɡəlˈmɑɪn·dɪd/
only doing things thatrelateto oneactivityorinterest:
She is single-minded in herpursuitof herstudies.
(Definition ofsingle-mindedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsingle-minded

single-minded
There are few beings on earth more prescriptive andsingle-mindedthan copy-editors and proof-readers.
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It will also certainly involve redirecting thesingle-mindedpursuit of abstraction promoted by the academy.
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The brilliant scientist or the virtuoso violinist may find the most rewarding life to be one ofsingle-mindedpursuit of one goal.
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It lies in part in the power and nuance ofsingle-mindedargument.
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It helped reassure him of his family'ssingle-mindedfidelity.
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Is it really as 'wellestablished' andsingle-mindedas suggested?
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It suggests that viewing the patient's body as a battlefield is appropriate, as are short-term,single-minded, tactical goals.
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After all, asingle-mindedpreoccupation with pragmatic use is as one-sided and limited as an exclusive preoccupation with semantic meaning.
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They place the burden of blame on colonial administrators, who are said to have been prompted by asingle-mindedpolicy of divide-and-rule.
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This is certainly the most ambitious or mostsingle-mindedof the available strategies.
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It is par ticularly the production of indeterminacy of readings by these ambiguous choices that most clearly defies asingle-mindedor inductive form-to-function utterance interpretation in sequential analyses.
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Historical research, moreover, ideally consists of something more than sifting the records of the past in asingle-mindedsearch for data that have a direct bearing on current concerns.
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One is thesingle-mindedpursuit of the photorealistic image: photographs do not communicate buildings very well, and architects have rarely used hyper-realistic images to promote their schemes.
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Of course, it would stretch the concept of 'balance' to admit that someone whose life is insingle-mindedpursuit of a single goal counts as having it.
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Imagine a person who is so socially awkward that friendship is impossible, and sosingle-mindedand determined that constant pursuit of a single goal never causes boredom or anxiety.
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