thought /θɔːt/► SEE ALLI thought as muchit’s the thought that countsfood for thoughtgive (sb) pause for thoughtgive (sb) pauseperish the thought!a school of thoughton second thoughtswithout a second thoughtanyone would think (that)…a train of thoughtthe wish is father to the thought ●I ˈthought as muchthat is what I thought or expected果然不出我所料；我也料到了◆‘She’s been lying to you; she hasn’t really got any money at all.’ ‘I thought as much.’ “她一直在骗你，她其实一分钱也没有。”“我也料到是这样。”●it’s the ˈthought that counts (saying) the fact that sb remembered about sth is more important than the size or value of a present重要的是心意；情义胜过一切◆She didn’t send him a present for his birthday, only a card, but it’s the thought that counts. 她没有给他寄生日礼物，只送了一张贺卡，但是心意最重要嘛。●food for ˈthoughtan event, a remark, a fact, etc. which should be considered very carefully because it is interesting, important, etc.值得深思的事件（或话语等）◆The lectures were very interesting and gave much food for thought.这些讲座很有意思，值得好好回味。●give (sb) pause for ˈthought●give (sb) ˈpause (formal) make sb think seriously about sth or hesitate before doing sth使认真考虑；使犹豫◆His remarks on the conditions in our prisons gave me pause for thought. Until that moment I’d never realized things were so bad.他对我们监狱状况的评价引起了我认真的思考，此前我从未意识到情况这么糟。●ˌperish the ˈthought! (spoken, oftenhumorous) I hope it will not happen; may it never happen但愿某事不会发生；甭想了；死了这条心吧◆‘A picnic is a good idea but what if it rains?’ ‘Perish the thought!’“野餐倒是个不错的主意，不过万一下雨怎么办？”“但愿不会！”●a school of ˈthoughttheories or opinions held by particular groups of people某一群体的理论（或观点）；学派◆There are two schools of thought on this matter.在这一问题上有两派不同的看法。●on ˈsecond thoughts (BrE) (NAmEon ˈsecond thought) used when you want to change what you have said or decided（表示想要改变主意）经重新考虑，又一想◆On second thoughts, I won’t have water, I’ll have a cup of tea.算了，我不要水了，要一杯茶。●without a second ˈthoughtimmediately; without stopping to think about sth further立即；不加考虑◆He dived in after her without a second thought.他连想都没想就跟着她跳入水中。●anyone would ˈthink (that)… ( you would have ˈthought (that)…) (of sb’s strange or surprising behaviour用于评价某人奇怪或令人惊讶的行为) if you did not know the truth, it would seem that…别人会以为…◆Don’t be so nervous! Anyone would think you’d never been to a party before!不要这么紧张！别人还会以为你从没参加过聚会呢！●a train of ˈthoughtthe connected series of thoughts that are in your head at a particular time思路；思绪◆The phone ringing interrupted my train of thought.电话铃打断了我的思绪。●the wish is father to the ˈthought (saying) we believe a thing because we want it to be true愿望是信念之父；希望什么就会相信什么ORIGINThis phrase was used in Shakespeare’s play Henry IV.这个短语曾用于莎士比亚戏剧《亨利四世》中。