mind 的用法与搭配
1. 用作动词,表示“介意”“在乎”等,其后接动词时要用动名词。如:
Would you mind opening the window? 请打开窗户好吗?
She did not mind working late in the least. 她对工作到很晚一点也不在意。
表示“注意”“当心”等,其后接动词时要用不定式。如:
There will be a meeting tonight. Mind not to be late. 今晚有会议,注意别迟到。
2. 用作名词,表示“脑子”“心思”等,通常用作可数名词。如:
I've a good mind to go home. 我很想回家。
He has a mind for science. 他有学科学的头脑。
We are all of one mind on this subject. 在这个问题上我们大家意见一致。
在某些谚语或固定短语中,可能是不可数的。如:
Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见,心不烦。
You must keep this in mind. 你必须记住这一点。
3. 用于 Would [Do] you mind…?
(1) 该句型意为“请你……好不好”“倘若……你见怪吗”,用would 比用 do 更客气委婉,但不用will;其后可接动名词(但不接不定式)或 if从句;接动名词时,根据情况可以带逻辑主语;接if 从句时,若句首用的是would, 从句谓语通常要用过去式。比较:
我在这儿抽烟你介意吗?
正:Would [Do] you mind my smoking here?
正:Do you mind if I smoke here?
正:Would you mind if I smoked here?
(2) 对该句型的回答与汉语的习惯不同,注意回答是针对 mind 而言的,即:
①表示不同意,可用:Yes, I do mind. / Please don't… / Better not, please. / I'd rather you didn't. / I'm sorry, but...等。
②表示同意,可用:Oh, no, please. / No, not at all. / Not at all. / Certainly not. / Of course not. / No, go ahead. 等。
以上回答大部分语气都比较客气,但有的语气较生硬(如 Yes, I do mind),要注意具体语境适当选用。
4. 用于 make up one's mind,其意为“决定”“决心”。如:
She refuses to make up her mind. 她拒绝做出决定。
I think it's high time that she made up her mind. 我想她该拿定主意了。
表示决定做某事,其后可接不定式。如:
I've made up my mind to be a doctor. 我决心当医生。
In the end he made up his mind to go by train. 最后他决定坐火车去。
若其中的one's表复数意义,则mind通常也用复数。如:
As we can't afford a bigger house we must make up our minds to staying here. 既然我们住不起大房子,我们就得安心住在这儿。