pondering
present participle ofponder
| 单词 | pondering |
| 释义 | pondering present participle ofponder ponder verb[IorT] formaluk/ˈpɒn.dər/us/ˈpɑːn.dɚ/C2 tothinkcarefullyabout something,especiallyfor anoticeablelengthoftime: Shesatback for aminuteto ponder her nextmovein thegame. Synonyms contemplate meditate museformal reflect ruminate speculate to think carefully about something
Thinking and contemplating
Examplesofponderingpondering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Rare species in communities of tropical insect herbivores:ponderingthe mystery of singletons. From theCambridge English Corpus So much for keeping an open mind when reading the sources, developing research questions andponderinghypotheses. From theCambridge English Corpus But it stops short of confronting us with a paradox worthpondering. From theCambridge English Corpus Afterponderingthem a bit, we might even conclude that they contradict one another in practice. From theCambridge English Corpus This should alert us to two things whenponderingthe measurement of resilience in socioeconomic systems. From theCambridge English Corpus Further intuition about how the rules for application and abstraction interact can be obtained byponderingon the following example. From theCambridge English Corpus Inponderingthe nature of this reciprocal relationship, it is important to consider three facts. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, studies based on real patient data are probably of much more value for the decision makerponderingallocation of resources. From theCambridge English Corpus Rare species in community of tropical insect herbivores:ponderingthe mystery of singletons. From theCambridge English Corpus Two points came to mind after hours ofpondering. From theCambridge English Corpus In sum, this is a collection of studies well worth reading andpondering, so long as one does not look for too clear a thread linking them together. From theCambridge English Corpus Which form he is discussing may perhaps be put to one side for the moment in favour ofponderinghis term 'rebriche'. From theCambridge English Corpus Ponderingglobalisation in the spring of 2000, few if any of these youths yielded to fantasies of a utopian or catastrophic dispensation for their town or their country. From theCambridge English Corpus Those are words well worthponderingby people who are inclined to indulge in too much wishful thinking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point inponderingan entrepreneur-friendly climate or lifelong learning, if we fail to deliver. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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