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contemplate

[ˈkɒntəmpleɪt] [ˈkɑntəmpleɪt]
  • 第三人称单数:contemplates;
  • 过去式:contemplated;
  • 过去分词:contemplated;
  • 现在分词:contemplating;
  • 例句
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    • 以下这些动词均有"考虑,思考,估量" 的意思
      study普通用词,指对各方面考虑,在制订出计划或采取具体动作之前作认真检查。
      consider既指一时的对某事的考虑,也指长时间的深入的思考。
      ponder侧重仔细、深入、连续地考虑问题,以作出认真
      的估计和正确的抉择。
      weigh指作出决策前把问题的各个方面进行比较,权衡利害得失,取有利的方面。
      contemplate通常指长时间思考某事,有时含无确定的实际目的。
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • VERB
      考虑;思量;思忖
      If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
      例句
      For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor... 有段时间,他考虑去当军医。 She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids. 她考虑为了孩子而离开。
    • VERB
      深思熟虑;沉思;苦思冥想
      If you contemplate an idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time.
      例句
      As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future... 那天晚上,他躺在医院的病床上,想到未来,他哭了起来。 That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable. 那让人难以认真思考这个可能,即目前的政策也许并不能持续下去。
    • VERB
      凝视;注视
      If you contemplate something or someone, you look at them for a long time.
      例句
      He contemplated his hands, still frowning. 他盯着自己的双手,眉头紧锁。
    英汉词典释义
    • vt. & vi.
      深思, 细想, 仔细考虑
      The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了, 真不堪细想。 The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。 The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system. 政府打算改革整个税收体制。 We don't contemplate his[him] opposing our plan. 我们预料他不会反对我们的计划。 He contemplated what the future would be like. 他思忖着将来会如何。 He contemplated my advice as nothing. 他不把我的建议当回事。
    • vt.
      注视, 凝视
      She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。
    英英词典释义
    • Verb
      1. look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought;
      "contemplate one's navel"
      2. consider as a possibility;
      "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
      3. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes;
      "He is meditating in his study"
      4. reflect deeply on a subject;
      "I mulled over the events of the afternoon""philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years""The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"