[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。
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[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。
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[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; NAmEˈkɑːntəmpleɪt/verb1[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。contemplatecontemplatescontemplatedcontemplatingcon·tem·plate/ˈkɒntəmpleɪt; NAmEˈkɑːntəmpleɪt/
1[transitive] to think about something that you might do in the futureSYN consider: He had even contemplated suicide.contemplate doing something Did you ever contemplate resigning?► see thesaurus at
think
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 timeSYN 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.