| 词汇 | example_english_single-minded |
| 释义 | Examples of single-mindedThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. There are few beings on earth more prescriptive and single-minded than copy-editors and proof-readers. It will also certainly involve redirecting the single-minded pursuit of abstraction promoted by the academy. The brilliant scientist or the virtuoso violinist may find the most rewarding life to be one of single-minded pursuit of one goal. It lies in part in the power and nuance of single-minded argument. It helped reassure him of his family's single-minded fidelity. Is it really as 'wellestablished' and single-minded as suggested? It suggests that viewing the patient's body as a battlefield is appropriate, as are short-term, single-minded, tactical goals. After all, a single-minded preoccupation with pragmatic use is as one-sided and limited as an exclusive preoccupation with semantic meaning. They place the burden of blame on colonial administrators, who are said to have been prompted by a single-minded policy of divide-and-rule. This is certainly the most ambitious or most single-minded of the available strategies. It is par ticularly the production of indeterminacy of readings by these ambiguous choices that most clearly defies a single-minded or inductive form-to-function utterance interpretation in sequential analyses. Historical research, moreover, ideally consists of something more than sifting the records of the past in a single-minded search for data that have a direct bearing on current concerns. One is the single-minded pursuit of the photorealistic image: photographs do not communicate buildings very well, and architects have rarely used hyper-realistic images to promote their schemes. Of course, it would stretch the concept of 'balance' to admit that someone whose life is in single-minded pursuit of a single goal counts as having it. Imagine a person who is so socially awkward that friendship is impossible, and so single-minded and determined that constant pursuit of a single goal never causes boredom or anxiety. For this listener at any rate, that beauty is often under mined by a deliberate avoidance of contrast and a single-minded intensity that borders on the stubborn. These will be short-life, single-minded bodies devoted to the regeneration of areas dominated by major concentrations of council estates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But to pursue, as they are doing, a single-minded policy of monetarism, and nothing but monetarism, is irresponsible in the extreme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of the people who are engaged with such single-minded intensity in these activities, as some people are, will carry on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were honest, single-minded, and there is no thought of offence on our part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is why we have been so single-minded in our quest for low inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Television is fully entitled to its single-minded approach—and it has a single-minded approach; but we should be aware of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some representations opposing transfer to local councils have suggested transfer to single-minded statutory or voluntary management bodies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Two egocentric ideas are threatening it: the single-minded attitude that refuses to see what is wrong with the new international division of labour. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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