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Ponder I Pondered Deep Remember Pɑːndər V.考虑;沉思 Asked

Front ponder
Pron ['pɑːndər]
Back 【ponder】
v.考虑;沉思
When I asked his advice he pondered the matter and then told me not to go.
当我询问他的意见时,他考虑了一下那件事,然后告诉我不要去。
Vocab
ponderreflect deeply on a subject

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" is the first line of Edgar Allen Poe's poem The Raven. Many a deep thinker has repeated it while musing. But if you've given up deep thinking, you may say instead, "Nevermore."

Think of ponder as reflecting on weighty thoughts. It will help you remember the definition if you can remember the word's Latin roots. It comes from ponderare, which literally meant to weigh, and pondus, which means weight. People sometimes use the word ironically, for example, when someone asks you to do something you really don't want to do. You may tap your chin for a second and say, "Let me ponder that." Pause. "Um, no!"

All forms of 'ponder' will appear on average once every 449 pages.
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