thinking
noun
adj
ˈθɪŋkɪŋ noun
1 your opinion or ideas about something, or your attitude towards it 想法,看法; 态度
The Administration’s thinking changed as the war progressed.
随着战争的进展,政府的态度改变了。
Well, to my way of thinking (=in my opinion) , they should have done that years ago.
唉,依我看来,他们早就应该做那件事了。
He laughed and accused me of wishful thinking (=falsely believing that something will happen just because I want it to) .
他笑着骂我是一厢情愿。
the rich countries’ current thinking on aid
富裕国家目前对于援助的看法
[+ behind ]
the thinking behind the company’s new public relations campaign
公司这一次新的公共关系活动背后的理念
2 when you think about something 思想,思考,思维
If it weren’t for Jeff’s quick thinking , Tillie could have been badly hurt.
要不是杰夫反应快,蒂莉可能受重伤了。
I really needed to do some thinking .
我真得好好考虑考虑了。
clear/critical/analytical etc thinking
3
put on your thinking cap
to try to think seriously about a problem in order to solve it 动脑筋,通过思考解决问题 informal
adj
4 a thinking person is intelligent and tries to think carefully about important subjects 有思想的; 认真思考的
5
the thinking man’s/woman’s etc sth
used to say that someone or something is liked by intelligent people 理性男士/妇女等喜爱的人 (物 )
the thinking man’s pop band
理性男士喜欢的流行乐队