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contemplation n.注视；沉思；打算 (1) 在对永恒的注视之中我获得较大的安慰。(2) 她静静地沉思了一个小时。(3) 他打算写一部新小说。(4) 在山崎地区，现在已经打算进行地震预报的各种研究工作。 Contemplate has the word temple in its roots, and originally referred to the kind of thinking you do in a special space set aside for observation. Now we use it to describe any kind of thinking that we spend a long time doing. While clicking on someone’s photos on Facebook doesn’t count as contemplation, usually, you might spend hours in contemplation of your family and your history if you come across a box of old photos in the attic.

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英 [ˌkɒntəm'pleɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɑːntəm'pleɪʃn] (1) I take greater comfort in the contemplation of eternity.(2) She spent an hour in quiet contemplation.(3) He has a new novel in contemplation.(4) Various kinds of studies concerning earthquake prediction are now under contemplation in the Yamasaki region. Contemplation is long, hard thinking about something. If you’re writing a book on the meaning of the universe, then you’re going to need to do a great deal of contemplation.

英语单词	contemplation
英美音标	英 [ˌkɒntəm'pleɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɑːntəm'pleɪʃn]
中文释义	n.注视；沉思；打算
英语例句	(1) I take greater comfort in the contemplation of eternity. (2) She spent an hour in quiet contemplation. (3) He has a new novel in contemplation. (4) Various kinds of studies concerning earthquake prediction are now under contemplation in the Yamasaki region.
中文例句	(1) 在对永恒的注视之中我获得较大的安慰。 (2) 她静静地沉思了一个小时。 (3) 他打算写一部新小说。 (4) 在山崎地区，现在已经打算进行地震预报的各种研究工作。
vocabulary简明	Contemplation is long, hard thinking about something. If you’re writing a book on the meaning of the universe, then you’re going to need to do a great deal of contemplation.
vocabulary扩展	Contemplate has the word temple in its roots, and originally referred to the kind of thinking you do in a special space set aside for observation. Now we use it to describe any kind of thinking that we spend a long time doing. While clicking on someone’s photos on Facebook doesn’t count as contemplation, usually, you might spend hours in contemplation of your family and your history if you come across a box of old photos in the attic.

Contemplation Thinking You’re Kind Spend Photos 英 ˌkɒntəm'pleɪʃn] 美