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Contemplate Contemplated Sth Time Syn Long Transitive Verb

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contemplate

[ˈkɒntəmpleɪt]contemplated, contemplating, contemplates

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contemplated[414] contemplating[1185]
沉思(36%),打算(33%),注视(31%)
vt.沉思;注视;思忖;预期
vi.冥思苦想;深思熟虑
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/kɒ̱ntəmpleɪt/
1
[VERB 动词]考虑;思量;思忖 If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
  [V n/-ing]
  • 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。

2
[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n]
  • 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。

contemplation
  • It is a place of quiet contemplation.

    这是个静心冥想的好地方。

3
[VERB 动词]凝视;注视 If you contemplate something or someone, you look at them for a long time.
  [V n]
  • He contemplated his hands, still frowning.

    他盯着自己的双手,眉头紧锁。

contemplation
  • He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape for a while.

    有一会儿,他怔怔地注视着周围的景物。


Oxford
con·tem·plate / ˈkɒntəmpleɪt ; NAmE ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt / verb 1 [transitive ] to think about whether you should do sth, or how you should do sth 考虑;思量;思忖 SYN
consider
SYN
think about/of
contemplatesth You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。 contemplatedoing sth I have never contemplated living abroad. 我从未考虑过去国外居住。 contemplatehow/what, etc… He continued while she contemplated how to answer. 她还在考虑如何回答时,他就继续往下说了。
2 [transitive ] to think carefully about and accept the possibility of sth happening 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性) contemplatesth The thought of war is too awful to contemplate. 战争太可怕了,真不敢去想。 contemplatehow/what, etc… I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone. 我不能想像独自一人会是个什么样子。 contemplatethat… She contemplated that things might get even worse. 她想到事情可能会变得更糟。 3 [transitive ,  intransitive ] contemplate(sth) ( formal) to think deeply about sth for a long time 深思熟虑;沉思;苦思冥想 to contemplate your future 仔细盘算未来 She lay in bed, contemplating. 她躺在床上冥思苦想。 4 [transitive ] contemplatesb/sth ( formal) to look at sb/sth in a careful way for a long time 端详;打量 SYN
stare at
She contemplated him in silence. 她默默地注视着他。
contemplate contemplates contemplated contemplating
con·tem·plate / ˈkɒntəmpleɪt ; NAmE ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt /
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contemplatecon‧tem‧plate /ˈkɒntəmpleɪt $ ˈkɑːn-/ ●○○ verb
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1[transitive] to think about something that you might do in the future SYN  consider:  He had even contemplated suicide.contemplate doing something Did you ever contemplate resigning? see thesaurus at
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2[transitive] to accept the possibility that something is truetoo dreadful/horrifying etc to contemplate The thought that she might be dead was too terrible to contemplate.3[intransitive, transitive] to think about something seriously for a period of time SYN  consider:  Jack went on vacation to contemplate his future.contemplate what/whether/how etc She sat down and contemplated what she had done.contemplate your navel (=think so much about your own life that you do not notice other important things – used humorously)4[transitive] to look at someone or something for a period of time in a way that shows you are thinking:  He contemplated her with a faint smile.

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