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broad-minded(adj.)

"不偏不倚,开明,没有偏见或偏执",1590年代; 参见 broad(adj.)+ -minded。这种抽象的心理意义的 broad 在古英语中就已经存在了; 例如在 bradnes “宽度”中,也包括“慷慨大方”。

[Broad-mindedness] is the capacity to take a wide and comprehensive view of truths and of their manifold bearings, to give them their proportionate emphasis, to discern their internal connection, and to discriminate between truth and caricature. It has nothing to do with compromise of any kind, nor with schemes of toleration and comprehension. [The Church Eclectic, November 1898]
[广博的思想]是能够广泛而全面地看待真理及其多方面的影响,给予它们相应的重视,辨别它们的内在联系,并区分真理和漫画的能力。它与任何形式的妥协或宽容和理解的计划无关。[The Church Eclectic, November 1898]

该词起源时间:1590年代