mentality

英 [menˈtæləti]

美 [menˈtæləti]

n.  心态; 思想状况; 思想方法

复数：mentalities　

IELTSTEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.9710 / COCA.6544

牛津词典

noun

• 心态；思想状况；思想方法
  the particular attitude or way of thinking of a person or group
  1. I cannot understand the mentality of football hooligans.
     我无法理解足球流氓的心态。
  2. a criminal/ghetto mentality
     犯罪心态；种族聚居区的思想意识

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 心态;思维方式
  Yourmentalityis your attitudes and your way of thinking.
  1. ...a criminal mentality...
     犯罪心态
  2. Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.
     经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。

英英释义

noun

• mental ability
  1. he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
  Synonym:brainbrainpowerlearning abilitymental capacitywit
• a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
  Synonym:outlookmindsetmind-set

双语例句

• It is just in such ordinary mentality and ordinary things the true meaning of life emerge.
  正是在这种平常心和平常事物中，见出了人生之真谛。
• This is important for our confidence but we should appreciate the mentality United have.
  这场胜利对我们的信心很重要，但我们也应该欣赏曼联的精神。
• You do not know what kind of mentality I was to accept me?
  不知你对我是用什么样的心态来接受我呢？
• Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.
  经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。
• You have to have that kind of yes and no mentality.
  我必须有这种是和不是的思考方法。
• Post-modernist art is a product of post-modernist mentality in the development of industrial society.
  后现代主义艺术是工业社会发展中后现代意识的产物。
• The good mentality and the disposition may decide person's destiny and the future.
  好的思路与性格可以决定人的命运与前途。
• Actually, the living habit of them reflects their mentality from this special perspective.
  古代文人的有关生活习性，其实也从一个特殊侧面反映了他们的心态。
• This is a significant departure from the traditional Chinese mentality of ownership.
  这与中国人传统的所有权心理有了很大的不同。
• The preacher should adjust the story according to situations and the mentality of the audience understand the reality gradually.
  布道者应根据情况和听众逐步理解事实的心态来调整故事。