contemplate
英 ['k?ntemple?t; -t?m-]
美['kɑnt?mplet]
- vt. 沉思；注視；思忖；預(yù)期
- vi. 冥思苦想；深思熟慮
CET6TEM8IELTSGRE考研TOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?contemplates;過去式:?contemplated;過去分詞:?contemplated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?contemplating;
助記提示
1、con- "intensive prefix" + templ- "area for the taking of auguries" + -ate.
2、字面意思：mark out a space for observation" (as an augur does). => gaze attentively, observe, act of looking at, religious musing.
2、字面意思：mark out a space for observation" (as an augur does). => gaze attentively, observe, act of looking at, religious musing.
中文詞源
contemplate 考慮
con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-tem，砍，切，詞源同tome, anatomy，temple. 本義為一塊保留（切下來）的用來占卜的神圣之地，后用來指思考的地方，沉思，考慮。
英英釋意
- 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"
英文詞源
- contemplate
- contemplate: [16] Etymologically, to contemplate something is to observe it in a ‘temple’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin contemplārī, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and templum. This word, source of course of English temple, originally signified a space marked out by augurs (priests in ancient Rome who interpreted omens) for making observations. Hence contemplārī originally meant ‘observe omens carefully’, but its application soon became more general.
=> temple - contemplate (v.)
- 1590s, from Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari "survey, observe" (see contemplation). Related: Contemplated; contemplating.
同義詞辨析
study, consider, ponder, weigh, contemplate
這些動(dòng)詞均有"考慮，思考，估量"之意。
study： 普通用詞，指對(duì)各方面考慮，在制訂出計(jì)劃或采取具體動(dòng)作之前作認(rèn)真檢查。
consider： 既指一時(shí)的對(duì)某事的考慮，也指長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的深入的思考。
ponder： 側(cè)重仔細(xì)、深入、連續(xù)地考慮問題，以作出認(rèn)真
的估計(jì)和正確的抉擇。
weigh： 指作出決策前把問題的各個(gè)方面進(jìn)行比較，權(quán)衡利害得失，取有利的方面。
contemplate： 通常指長(zhǎng)時(shí)間思考某事，有時(shí)含無確定的實(shí)際目的。
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- She lay in bed, contemplating.
- 她躺在床上冥思苦想。
牛津詞典
- She contemplated him in silence.
- 她默默地注視著他。
牛津詞典
- to contemplate your future
- 仔細(xì)盤算未來
牛津詞典
- I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.
- 我不能想象獨(dú)自一人會(huì)是個(gè)什么樣子。
牛津詞典
- The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.
- 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)太可怕了，真不敢去想。
牛津詞典
- I have never contemplated living abroad.
- 我從未考慮過去國(guó)外居住。
牛津詞典
- You're too young to be contemplating retirement.
- 你考慮退休還太年輕。
牛津詞典
- He contemplated his hands, still frowning.
- 他盯著自己的雙手，眉頭緊鎖。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor...
- 有段時(shí)間，他考慮去當(dāng)軍醫(yī)。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.
- 她考慮為了孩子而離開。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future...
- 那天晚上，他躺在醫(yī)院的病床上，想到未來，他哭了起來。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.
- 那讓人難以認(rèn)真思考這個(gè)可能，即目前的政策也許并不能持續(xù)下去。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Certainly, you can confront the transgressor, contemplate revenge, or hold a grudge forever.
- 當(dāng)然, 你可能被認(rèn)為是罪人, 一心想著雪恥, 或者是抱恨終生.
期刊摘選
- But what a heinous immortaility to contemplate ! Perhaps this is the fate of voldemort.
- 但是想想那會(huì)是怎樣一種可憎的長(zhǎng)生不死啊.
期刊摘選
- I do not contemplate any opposition from him.
- 我想他不至于反對(duì).
辭典例句
- I'm going to walk home now and contemplate where I have gone wrong all these years.
- 現(xiàn)在,我自己走回家好了,我要想想這些年來我到底錯(cuò)在哪里了.
期刊摘選
- Contemplate the problem before making a final decision.
- 做最后決定前,仔細(xì)考慮一下這個(gè)問題.
辭典例句
- We contemplate obtain a technical license.
- 我們希望獲得一項(xiàng)技術(shù)許可證.
期刊摘選
- Afghan youths contemplate a Hollywood movie poster outside a theater in Kabul in 1946.
- 1946年,幾個(gè)阿富汗的年輕人注視著喀布爾一家戲院外的好萊塢電影海報(bào).
期刊摘選
- Perhaps President Bush will be too busy with domestic policy to contemplate further adventures abroad.
- 也許布什總統(tǒng)將忙于為國(guó)內(nèi)政策運(yùn)籌帷幄,無暇顧及海外冒險(xiǎn)行動(dòng).
期刊摘選
- He goes to the park every day to sit and contemplate.
- 他每天去公園,坐在那里沉思默想.
期刊摘選
- Practice of Dharma denotes practice of insight to contemplate the phenomena in application of Dharma teaching.
- 在佛陀教法的應(yīng)用中,佛法的實(shí)踐代表觀察自然現(xiàn)象的內(nèi)明實(shí)踐.
期刊摘選
- The destruction of a President with its collapse of executive authority was too staggering to contemplate.
- 總統(tǒng)的毀滅和行政權(quán)威的垮臺(tái)前景太可怕,難以設(shè)想.
辭典例句
- Does an angel contemplate my fate?
- 會(huì)有天使來思量我的命運(yùn) 嗎 ?
期刊摘選
- I hope subsequent events are not so painful to contemplate.
- 我希望需要思考的后續(xù)事件不是這般沉痛.
期刊摘選
- Use your wisdom to contemplate yourself nature within your own mind.
- 用你的智慧去默想在你心靈中那個(gè)自性.
期刊摘選
- How could he contemplate taking up the same function?
- 他怎么能企圖從事同樣的功能?
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