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单词 ponder
释义
ponder
verb[IorT]
formal
uk
/ˈpɒn.dər/us
/ˈpɑːn.dɚ/
C2
tothinkcarefullyabout something,especiallyfor anoticeablelengthoftime:
沉思，默想，考虑
Shesatback for aminuteto ponder her nextmovein thegame.她在椅背上靠了一会儿，思考下一步棋该怎么走。
Synonyms
contemplate
meditate
museformal
reflect
ruminate
speculate
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to think carefully about something
  • considerDon't make any decisions before you've considered the matter.
  • contemplateHe lay in a hospital bed contemplating his future.
  • ponderShe sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.
  • mull overI need a few days to mull things over before I decide.
  • reflectI spent a lot of time reflecting on what he'd said.
  • agonizeShe agonized for days before agreeing to take the job.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Thinking and contemplating
  • a brown studyidiom
  • agonize
  • agonize over/aboutsomething
  • beard-stroking
  • bethink
  • consideration
  • dip
  • harbour
  • in the cold light of dayidiom
  • introspect
  • introspection
  • joined-up thinking
  • lateral thinking
  • reflection
  • run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
  • scratch
  • scratchyourheadidiom
  • self-contemplation
  • self-reflection
  • soul-searching
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(Definition ofponderfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ponder| American Dictionary

ponder
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈpɑn·dər/
toconsidersomethingcarefullyfor alongtime:
[T]She ponders thereactionshe’llreceive.
[I]The backporchis aquietplacewhere I can ponder.
(Definition ofponderfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofponder

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One mightponderwhy this is the case.
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Rare species in communities of tropical insect herbivores: pondering the mystery of singletons.
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There is ample material in this book toponder.
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So much for keeping an open mind when reading the sources, developing research questions and pondering hypotheses.
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Indeed, these philosophical questions are as important for clinicians toponderas questions concerning how best to negotiate different explanatory models of disease.
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Let us firstponderthe status of positive moral standards.
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They give readers things toponder, rather than solutions - which reflects the authors' disinclination to create rigid and unrealistic category boundaries.
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After pondering them a bit, we might even conclude that they contradict one another in practice.
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The first issue is toponderwhether it would be regarded as 'evidence' at all?
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We have pondered the problem only to come up with the suggestion of retaining the present, pleasant waterfront as is.
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Nevertheless, these are two stimulating books and there is a great deal toponderin both of them.
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Suffice it to say that this book provides both the dedicated creolist and interested nonspecialist with a great deal toponder.
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His purpose was to get people to stop andponderthe words he used and to thus shake them out of accepted habits of thought.
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The incident presents an opportunity toponderif a reconsideration is in order.
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Let usponderwhether to add two more people.
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