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英语单词 meditation
英美音标 英 [ˌmedɪ'teɪʃn] 美 [ˌmedɪ'teɪʃn]
中文释义 n.沉思;冥想
英语例句 (1) He is deep in meditation.
(2) Meditation is a form of guided thought.
(3) She found peace through yoga and meditation.
中文例句 (1) 他陷入沉思中。
(2) 沉思是一种引导思维的形式。
(3) 她通过瑜伽和冥想找到了宁静。
vocabulary简明 A meditation is an extended period of thought or concentration. If you practice yoga and you often meditate, you know what meditation is. But any time you focus on one thing for a long time, it's an act of meditation.
vocabulary扩展 After you've thought about something for a while, you can write about it, and that writing could be called a meditation, too. Beethoven's Ode to Joy is a meditation on joy. If you're easily upset by things, consider meditation. Slowing down your thought process and concentrating on it for a while can make you feel better. Samurai were known for meditating before going into battle. Meditation gave them focus, and focus gave them power.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]See also:
transcendental meditation
(宗教中)默想,打坐,冥想 Meditation is the act of remaining in a silent and calm state for a period of time, as part of a religious training, or so that you are more able to deal with the problems of everyday life.
  • Many busy executives have begun to practice yoga and meditation.

    许多忙碌的主管开始练习瑜伽和冥想。

  • Having chosen a meditation it is important that you stick to that meditation for, at the very least, a fortnight.

    选择了一种冥想方法后,至少要坚持练习两周时间,这一点非常重要。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]深思熟虑;苦思冥想 Meditation is the act of thinking about something very carefully and deeply for a long time.
  [also N in pl]
  • ...the man, lost in meditation, walking with slow steps along the shore...

    这名陷入沉思中的男子,沿着岸边慢慢地走着

  • In his lonely meditations Antony had been forced to the conclusion that there had been rumours.

    独自静心想来,安东尼断定曾有流言蜚语。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](关于某主题的)感想,沉思录 A meditation on a particular subject is something such as a piece of writing or a speech which expresses deep thoughts about that subject.
  [usu N on/upon n]
  • In fact, the entire novel is a long meditation on childbearing and mortality...

    实际上,整部小说就是一部关于生儿育女与道德伦理的长篇沉思录。

  • The title track is a pointed meditation on a continent gone wrong.

    主打歌是对一个误入歧途的大陆的深刻沉思。

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