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ponder v.沉思,考虑 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!" ★★☆☆☆ 2004.4

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['pɔndə(r)] 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." Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes, and imagines. 1[VERB 动词]思索；考虑 If you ponder something, you think about it carefully.   [V n]  [V on/over n]  [V wh]  [Also V]I found myself constantly pondering the question: 'How could anyone do these things?'...我发现自己总在思考这个问题：“怎么会有人做出这样的事情呢？”The Prime Minister pondered on when to go to the polls...首相斟酌着何时前往投票地点。I'm continually pondering how to improve the team.我不住地在想如何提高队伍水平。

英语单词	ponder
英美音标	['pɔndə(r)]
中文释义	v.沉思,考虑
vocab简明	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."
vocab扩展	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!"
真题原句	Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes, and imagines.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]思索；考虑 If you ponder something, you think about it carefully. [V n] [V on/over n] [V wh] [Also V] I found myself constantly pondering the question: 'How could anyone do these things?'... 我发现自己总在思考这个问题：“怎么会有人做出这样的事情呢？” The Prime Minister pondered on when to go to the polls... 首相斟酌着何时前往投票地点。 I'm continually pondering how to improve the team. 我不住地在想如何提高队伍水平。
来源	2004.4

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