thought: [OE] Thought comes from a prehistoric Germanic noun *gathangkht-, which was formed from the same base as produced English think. Its modern Germanic relatives include German gedächtnis ‘memory’ and Dutch gedachte ‘thought’. => thank, think
thought (n.)
Old English þoht, geþoht "process of thinking, a thought; compassion," from stem of þencan "to conceive of in the mind, consider" (see think). Cognate with the second element in German Gedächtnis "memory," Andacht "attention, devotion," Bedacht "consideration, deliberation." Second thought "later consideration" is recorded from 1640s. Thought-crime is from "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949); thought police is attested from 1945, originally in reference to war-time Japanese Special Higher Police (Tokubetsu Koto Keisatsu).
雙語例句
1. I thought I'd enrol you with an art group at the school.
我想我會吸收你參加學校的一個藝術團。
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2. I thought you might like to read the enclosed.
我想你或許想要讀一下信封裏的內容。
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3. "Wait there!" Kathryn rose. "No, on second thought, follow me."
“在那兒等著！”凱瑟琳站起身來，“不，我改主意了。跟我來。”
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4. I thought, "Here'ssomeone who'll understand me." So I wrote to her.
我想：“這個人會理解我的。”於是開始給她寫信。
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5. I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.