1570s, "sincere, honest" (a sense also in single-hearted); meaning "having a single aim or purpose" is from 1860. See single (adj.) + minded. Related: Single-mindedly; single-mindedness.
雙語例句
1. These days work plays an important part in a single woman's life.
現(xiàn)在，工作在單身女性的生活中起著重要作用。
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2. The price of a single ticket is thirty-nine pounds.
單程票的價格是39英鎊。
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3. We were walking in single file to the lake.
我們正排成一列朝湖邊走去。
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4. A single room at the Astir Hotel costs ￡56 a night.
阿斯蒂爾酒店的單人間價格是56英鎊一晚。
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5. He was single-mindedly devoted to the hastening of freedom for the oppressed.