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2008.12.02

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Today's Lesson
OPEN-MINDED / CLOSED-MINDED   
受け入れやすい/受け入れにくい

Explanation

  • An open-minded person is willing to listen to and consider ideas that are new and different.

    The opposite of “open-minded” is closed-minded.
  • 人について open-minded と言うと、新しい、異なった考えについて、聞いたり考慮したりする意思がある、つまり、(新思想などを)受け入れやすい、という意味です。

    open-minded の反意語は、closed-minded で、受け入れにくい、という意味です。

OPEN-MINDED / CLOSED-MINDED

examples

  1. I'm lucky my parents are so open-minded. They've always let me make my own choices.
  2. People in this part of the country aren't very open-minded about politics or religion. It's best not to talk about those subjects here.
  3. Ralph says the only movies he likes are Westerns and action movies, and he's too closed-minded to even try seeing something different.
  4. The company's top management used to be rather closed-minded to new ideas and afraid of change. But the new CEO has changed all that.

英会話レッスンTake care!