一、mind用作名词时,意为“思想”、“想法”、“头脑”、“智力”.常见的含名词mind的短语有：change one’s mind(改变主意),make up one’s mind(下定决心),set one’s mind to (do) (专注于……),keep in mind(记在心里),come into one’s mind(计上心来)等.
二、mind用作动词时,意为“介意”、“反对”,常用来表示委婉、客气的请求.
含动词mind的常见句式有：
1) “Would/Do you mind doing ...?意为“……你介意吗?”.例如：
Would you mind closing the door?关上门好吗?
2) “Would/Do you mind + 人称代词宾格或形容词性物主代词 + doing ...?” 意为“某人做某事,你介意吗?”.例如：
Do you mind my closing the window?(= Do you mind if I close the window?) 我把窗户关上,你介意吗?
构成“Would you mind doing ...?” 的否定式时,通常在doing的前面加not. 例如：
Would you mind not swimming in the river?
Would you mind not being late again?
“Would you mind ...?” 后面接从句时,从句中的谓语动词常为过去式,用来表示委婉的语气.例如：
Would you mind if I closed the window?你介意我把窗户关上吗?
Would you mind if I turned up the radio?我把收音机声音开大点,你反对吗?
“Would you mind ...?” 的同义句式是“Do you mind ...?”. 二者表达相同的意思,只是“Would you mind ...?” 比“Do you mind ...?” 语气显得更客气一些.两者后接从句时,前者从句中的谓语动词常为过去式,而后者从句中的谓语动词则用一般现在时.试比较：
Would you mind if I sat here?(= Do you mind if I sit here?) 我坐在这儿你介意吗?
Do you mind if I smoke here?(= Would you mind if I smoked here?) 我在这里吸烟你介意吗?
在回答这种问题时,必须注意英、汉两种语言之间的差异：
1) 表示不反对或不介意时常用以下句式：No,please do. (好吧,请.)/Certainly not. (当然可以.)/Of course not. (当然可以.)/No,go ahead. (完全可以.)例如：
—Would you mind me smoking here?我在这儿抽烟你介意吗?
—No,please do. 好的,请便.
—Would you mind if I turned on the TV?我打开电视你介意吗?
—Certainly not. 当然可以.
—Would you mind my standing here?你介意我站在这里吗?
—Not at all. 没关系.
2) 如果不同意或不赞成某人做某事,就不要说“Yes,I mind”,应说“Sorry/I’m sorry”或“I wish you wouldn’t”,然后再陈述拒绝或反对的理由.例如：
—Would you mind my turning off the light?我把灯关掉,你介意吗?
—I’m sorry. I haven’t finished my work. (= I wish you wouldn’t. I haven’t finished my work.) 对不起,我还没有完成我的工作.
“I don’t mind.” 意为“我不介意”.例如：
—What do you think of sitcoms?你觉得情景喜剧怎么样?
—I don’t mind them. 我不关心那些节目.
Never mind意为“没关系”、“不要紧”,常出现在下列场合：
1) 应答对方的致歉.例如：
—I’m sorry. I came in a hurry and forgot to bring food. 对不起,我来得匆忙,忘记带吃的了.
—Never mind. You can have ours. 没关系,你可以吃我们的.
2) 安慰对方.例如：
—Did you watch the baseball match yesterday?昨天你看棒球比赛了吗?
—No,I missed it. By the time I got there,it had already finished. 没有,我错过了.当我到达那里时,比赛已经结束了.
—Never mind. It was a boring match. 没关系.那是一场枯燥乏味的比赛.
3) 回答对方的求助.例如：
—Sorry to trouble you. 抱歉,麻烦您一下.
—Never mind. What can I do for you?没关系.我能为你做些什么呢?
