contemplate
['kɔntem.pleit]
vt.注视, 沉思, 打算
例句与用法:
It terrified me to contemplate the consequence of your action.
一想到你行动的后果,我就感到害怕。
The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform.
医生细想他要进行的棘手的手术。
The police contemplated various kinds of trouble after the football match.
警方料想足球赛后会发生各种各样的麻烦。
词形变化:
名词: contemplator | 动词过去式: contemplated | 动词过去分词: contemplated | 动词现在分词: contemplating | 动词第三人称单数: contemplates |
vt.
1. 思忖, 思量, 仔细考虑[+v-ing]
He contemplated the problem before making a decision.
他在作出决定前仔细考虑了这个问题。
2. 注视, 凝视
She lay on the grass, contemplating the high, blue sky.
她躺在草地上, 凝视着高高的蓝天。
3. 预期; 盘算, 计议
Are you contemplating marriage?
你打算结婚吗?
vi.
冥思苦想, 深思熟虑[(+on/upon)]
contemplate
过去式:contemplated
过去分词:contemplated
现在进行时:contemplating
词形变化:
名词: contemplator | 动词过去式: contemplated | 动词过去分词: contemplated | 动词现在分词: contemplating | 动词第三人称单数: contemplates |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.思忖, 思量
consider
think
study
ponder
reflect
deliberate
vt.预期; 盘算, 计议
plan
intend
expect
同义参见:
brood
entertain
scrutinize
survey
pore1
muse
meditate
inspect
speculate
canvass
envisage
observe
contemplate['kɔntəm,pleit]vt.1.■注视,凝视:He stood there contemplating the stars in the sky.他站在那里凝视着天上的星星。2.■思量,仔细考虑,深思:He contemplated the problem before making a final decision.他在做出最后的决定之前,仔细考虑了这个问题。3.■打算;计划;期待:He is contemplating buying a new car.他打算买一辆新汽车。4.■估计;预计:They contemplate trouble in obtaining hotel reservation.他们估计在预订旅馆房间方面恐怕有问题。vi.1.■沉思默想,深思熟虑:He goes to the park every day to sit and contemplate.他每天去公园,坐在那里沉思默想。近义词consider变形vt.contemplatedcontemplating
contemplatecontemplate[ˈkɔntempleit]vt.1.■注视; 凝视; 观摩2.■沉思; 默想; 考虑3.■预期[料]4.■计划; 打算; 设想; 估计contemplate visiting Beijing打算访问北京He stood there -ting the famous painting.他站在那里仔细地观赏着名画。I lay in bed -ting what to do next.我躺在床上思考着下一步做什么。
词性变化contemplate[ˈkɔntempleit]vi.1.■沉思; 默想All day he did nothing but contemplated.他整天什么也没干, 一个劲儿地在冥思苦想。
继承用法contemplatedadj.1.■预期的
[ˈkɒntɛmpleɪt, -təm-]
verb
- [with obj.]look thoughtfully for a long time at
(沉思地)注视,凝视
he sat on the carpet contemplating his image in the mirrors.
他坐在地毯上,凝视着镜中的自己。
■think about
思考;考虑
the results of a trade war are too horrifying to contemplate.
贸易战的后果太可怕了,难以想像。
■[no obj.]think profoundly and at length; meditate
沉思,冥想;深思熟虑
he sat morosely contemplating.
他坐着陷入了忧思。
■have in view as a probable though not certain intention
预期;打算
he was contemplating action for damages.
他正打算采取破坏行动。
contemplator
noun
语源
- late 16th cent.: from Latin contemplat- 'surveyed, observed, contemplated', from the verb contemplari, based on templum 'place for observation'
contemplate
动词 contemplate:
look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
consider as a possibility
think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
reflect deeply on a subject
同义词:chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
contemplate
■"For this reason, you should single-mindedly concentrate and deeply contemplate the Buddha, Tathagata, Arhat and Perfectly Enlightened One.
"是故应当一心系念,谛观彼佛,多陀阿伽度,阿罗诃,三藐三佛陀。
■Afghan youths contemplate a Hollywood movie poster outside a theater in Kabul in 1946.
1946年,几个阿富汗的年轻人注视着喀布尔一家戏院外的好莱坞电影海报。
■"Who is there to weave their passionate songs, if I sit on the shore of life and contemplate death and the beyond?
“如果我坐在生命的岸边冥想着死亡和来世,又有谁来编写他们的热情诗歌呢?
■"Now, you're to sit here and contemplate nature," she ordered.
“现在,你就坐在这儿欣赏欣赏风景吧,”他命令着说。
■"It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes" (Charles Darwin).
“观赏长满各种植物,鸟儿在灌木丛中唱歌的杂乱河堤极为有趣 (查尔斯·达尔文)。
■The risk of endangering a child's strong affection by disturbing ideas which had grown with her growth was to Mrs. Henchard too fearful a thing to contemplate.
一个孩子本有许多烦扰的观念,这是随着岁月在增长的,而冒险用这来破坏她的坚强的爱情,真是亨察尔太太连想也不敢想的事。
■Some observers claim to be shocked that anyone would contemplate such a thing.
一些评论家声称,居然有人想到这种事,他们深感震惊。
■It terrified me to contemplate the consequence of your action.
一想到你行动的后果,我就感到害怕。
■Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate that it may no longer be habitable.
世界上每个人都必须思考到地球上可能不再适合人住的那一天。
■Both tests really contemplate a standard of "reasonableness," which no one can define with precision.
两个标准均考虑"合情合理"的标准,可没人能够准确地作出界定。
■In order to compete in the world market, we contemplate improving our present product and obtain a technical license.
为了在国际市场上竞争,我们打算改进现有产品并想获得技术许可证。
■Given the dizzying progress in miniaturization, one can playfully contemplate a day when quarks will serve to store information, one bit apiece perhaps.
于微型化的进展极为快速,我们可以随兴地想像,有一天,夸克可以用来储存资讯,或许每个夸克就是一位元。
■Today's Jing Si Aphorisms: Use wisdom o contemplate the meaning of life. Use resolve to organize the time you are given.
今日静思语:用智慧探讨人生真义,用毅力安排人生时间.
■His face was a very neutral thing to contemplate.
从他的脸上看,他是毫无偏袒的。
■What a wonderful scene they contemplate from the heights.
从高处看到的风景多么美啊!
■When you contemplate it, you will find that it dissolves into an extremely subtle net of relationships that stretches across the universe.
仔细思考,发现它能分解成无数微细的关系网,延伸向整个宇宙。
■He dreaded to contemplate Thomasin wedded to the mere corpse of a lover that he now felt himself to be.
他一想朵荪要嫁的是他现在这样一个槁木死灰的情人,他可就不敢再往那方面想了。
■Godot.They quarrel, make up, contemplate suicide, try to sleep, eat a carrot and gnaw on some chicken bones.
他们争吵、打扮,企图自杀,试图睡觉,他们吃了根胡萝卜,他们啃了些鸡骨头。
■They contemplate trouble in obtaining hotel reservation.
他们估计在预订旅馆房间方面恐怕有问题。
■How could he contemplate taking up the same function?
他怎么能企图从事同样的功能?
■He contemplate what the future will is like without the children.
他思忖著要是没有这些孩子, 将来又如何。
■All day he did nothing but contemplate.
他整天除了沉思外没做任何事。
■He goes to the park every day to sit and contemplate.
他每天去公园,坐在那里沉思默想。
■Leaving France as the only state in Europe with nuclear weapons is not something any British government would lightly contemplate.
任何一届英国政府都不会轻率地考虑让法国成为欧洲唯一拥有核武器的国家。
■No one should ever contemplate suicide.
任何人都不应考虑自杀。
■The rules of programming are transitory; only the Tao is eternal. Therefore you must contemplate the Tao before you receive enlightenment.
任何编程的规则都只适合于特定的情况,只有道才是永恒不变的。所以在你受到指引之前要先去思考道。
■The Iraqi example has made all Kurds at least contemplate a prouder future.
伊拉克的先例至少让库尔德人思考一个更值得他们自豪的未来。
■CB: That's a useful problem to contemplate.
伯恩斯坦:这是一个值得去思考的问题。
■But China and Brazil have shown themselves willing to contemplate significant curbs on the carbon-intensity of their future growth.
但中国和巴西已表现出愿意考虑大力限制本国未来发展的碳排放密度。
■I contemplate that how is the relationship between openness, fairness, taste and artistic value in a competition in which game rules have to be stressed.
但在强调游戏规则的竞赛里,公平公开跟艺术价值和品味到底是怎么样的关系?
■But we say that the Word itself, however it be imparted to us, is like a mirror in which faith may contemplate God.
但我们敢说,那传与我们的道的本身无论怎样传来,是好像一面镜子,叫信仰在其中可以看见上帝。
■But it is not clear whether she will contemplate a rise in interest rates or an appreciation of the peso.
但是她是否会打算调高利率或让阿根廷比索升值,目前还不清楚。
■But a lot of them are going to break that connection if Thatcher persists in refusing to contemplate sanctions against South Africa.
但是如果撒切尔坚持不考虑对南非的制裁,其中许多国家就会断绝这种联系。
■But what a heinous immortaility to contemplate!Perhaps this is the fate of voldemort.
但是想想那会是怎样一种可憎的“长生不死啊。
■But Mr Kibaki still seems loth to share power, let alone contemplate rerunning the election under international supervision.
但是齐贝吉先生似乎仍然不愿分享权力,更不用说在国际监督下重新进行选举。
■But this conclusion might at least enable us to think ahead and contemplate private and public strategies.
但是,这个结论也许至少能让我们未雨绸缪,提前考虑在个人领域和公共领域该采取的策略。
■Until now, few emerging economies had the luxury to contemplate his advice.
但迄今为止,还没有哪个新兴市场国家有兴趣考虑这一建议。
■Did you ever contemplate resigning?
你没有想到过辞职吗?
■Contemplate the problem before making a final decision.
做最后决定前,仔细考虑一下这个问题。
■Contemplate the problem before making a final decision .
做最后决定前,仔细考虑一下这个问题。
■Allow yourself some time to contemplate the way that the universe is working through you. It'; s not you alone in the universe.
允许你自己花一段时间沉思宇宙是如何对你施加影响的。在宇宙中并非只有你存在。
■Staring at our school badge, we look back on the past, we assess the present, and we contemplate the future.
凝视着校徽,我们回忆过去,思考现在,展望未来。
■Use this time to contemplate the implications of each topic you choose to write on.
利用这一时间考虑你选择的每个题目的含意。
■NEWPORT BEACH, California, is not a bad place to contemplate the future of the world economy.
加利福尼亚新海滩是个思考世界经济未来走向的不错的地方。
■Twelve Jedi sat in a circle to contemplate matters of the Force, and dispatch Knights to scattered crises across the galaxy.
十二名绝地坐成一圈,沉思着关于原力的事情,并派遣武士处理分散在全银河系的危机。
■Carragher is in talks with the Reds over a new deal and admits he can't contemplate life away from Anfield.
卡拉格正和球队谈新合同,他承认他无法想象离开安菲尔德的生活。
■The awkwardness of searching for him lay in enlighten Elizabeth, a proceeding which her mother could not endure to contemplate.
去寻他,就要向伊丽莎白说明,这是一个难题,怎么说法呢,是她母亲不敢考虑的。
■America and Israel, as well as some Arab leaders, see a chance to isolate Hamas, which refuses to contemplate a permanent peace with Israel.
又如美国和以色列,还包括一些阿拉伯领导人,则认为这是孤立拒绝给以色列提供永久和平哈马斯的一个良机。
■In addi-tion, the defence must be so strong that the enemy would not even dare to contemplate an attack. This proactiveness is thus not on-ly in defence, but in offence as well.
另外,也要有坚实的防卫,坚实到敌人根本就不敢动进攻的主意。
■Only when you hit bottom can you stop and contemplate the cliff you must now climb.
只有当你触底时,你才停下来并进而注视着必须马上攀登的悬崖。