cast your mind back

IPA/kˈast jɔː mˈaɪnd bˈak/
IPA/kˈæst jʊɹ mˈaɪnd bˈæk/

cast your mind back — idiom

1. to think back to an earlier time or event so you can remember what happened

1.慣用語B2
釋義

to think back to an earlier time or event so you can remember what happened

例句

Cast your mind back to your first week at school.

cast your mind back to + time in the past

When the photo appeared, Ishaan cast his mind back twenty years.

cast your mind back + period of time

同義詞
  • think back

    more common and slightly less formal

  • remember

    broader and does not always suggest making an effort

  • look back on

    often used for reflecting on a past period rather than trying to recall one detail

反義詞
  • forget

    to fail to keep or recover the memory

文法句型

cast your mind back

cast your mind back to + time/event

用法筆記

Often followed by to and a time, place, or experience from earlier in life. It is especially common when someone is asked to recall details before answering or telling a story.

常見錯誤

❌Cast your mind back about last summer.
✅Cast your mind back to last summer.
💡this expression normally takes 'to' before the earlier time or event.
❌I cast back my mind to the accident.
✅I cast my mind back to the accident.
💡the fixed order is cast + possessive + mind + back.