mind

1.There is something in his mind是“他在想着什么”。There is something on his mind是“他在忧虑着什么”。

2.make up his（或your等）mind后面有时不接什么，有时接不定式，有时接what，when等，有时接以that引导的从句，偶尔接to或for和名词。例如：

• He has made up his mind.
• He has made up his mind to go.
• He has made up his mind what to do.
• He has made up his mind when to start.
• He has made up his mind that she should work more.
• He has made up his mind to a certain course of action.
• He has made up his mind for the worst. （他已打定主意来对付任何事变。）

make up his（或your等）mind to（是介词）有时用作“忍受”解。例如：He has to make up his mind to the hardship.

make up our（或their，或属于复数形式的your）minds里用minds比用mind普通。

3.have a great mind to...（不定式）和have a good mind to...（不定式）都作“很想要…”解。have half a mind to...（不定式）作“有些想要…”解。have little mind to...（不定式）作“不大想要…”或“几乎不想要…”解。have no mind to...（不定式）作“不想要…”解。have a mind to ...（不定式）现在很不普通，该避免。

4.call to mind和bring to mind都作“回想起”或“使我（或别人）回想起”解。例如：I cannot call（或bring）to mind what happened to me that night. 和Your story calls（或brings）to mind something that happened to me some time ago.

5.give his（或your等）mind to和turn his（或your等）mind to两种表达方式里的to是介词，后面接名词或动名词，如He has now given（或turned）his mind to English literature和He has now given（或turned）his mind to studying English literature。不可说He has now given（或turned）his mind to study English literature。

6.Would you mind...ing?或Do you mind...ing?通常作“请…”解，有时作“你不可不…”解，下面几点该注意：

（1）把Would改作Should更合乎传统的语法，但事实上远不及用Would的普通。很少用Will或Shall。

（2）mind在这句里作“反对”解，全句直译作“你将反对…吗？”在答语里假使表示愿意（就是不反对），该说Certainly not或Of course not或Not at all，不该说Yes。事实上也有人说Certainly，不算正当。说No当然不错，但似乎不普通。在答语里倘要表示反对，说Yes当然不错，但习惯上不说Yes，却说I am sorry...等。

（3）这句在语法上是疑问句，所以末尾用问号，但因为实际上等于请求句，所以也可以用句号。

（4）注意mind后面接动名词，不接不定式。

7.mind和mind you都作“请你注意我的话”解，mind you里的you是mind的主语。例如：

• Mind (you), I have nothing to say against her.
• I have nothing to say against her, mind (you).
• Mind (you), I don't say that it is certain.
• I don't say that it is certain, mind (you).

Mind (you), I don't mind minding the children so long as they mind me.（请注意，要是孩子们听我的话，我不反对照顾他们。）

8.mind（注意）后面有时接以that引导的从句，但那that通常被省去。例如：We must mind (that) we don't hurt ourselves. 和Mind (that) it doesn't burst!

9.Never mind后面有about和没有about意思相同。例如：Never mind (about) the difference. 假使那宾语是代词，似乎用about普通些，如Never mind about them比Never mind them普通。

10.I should not（或shouldn't）mind...有时作“我很要…”解。例如：I should not（或shouldn't）mind a cup of tea.

11.mind（反对）后面偶尔接以that引导的从句。例如：If she minded that he left her sometimes by herself in the evening, she never mentioned it.