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单词 contemplate
释义
contemplate
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈkɒn.təm.pleɪt/us
/ˈkɑːn.t̬əm.pleɪt/
C2
tospendtimeconsideringapossiblefutureaction, or toconsideroneparticularthing for alongtimein aseriousandquietway:
盘算；沉思，冥想
[+ -ing verb]I'm contemplating goingabroadfor ayear.我打算出国一年。
They were contemplating amoveto California.他们打算搬到加利福尼亚去。
It'stooawful/horrific/dangeroustocontemplate.这件事太糟糕／可怕／危险，简直不敢想。
Synonyms
museformal
ponderformal
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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More examples
  • I'm contemplatingleavingmyjob.
  • Losing achildis just tooawfulto contemplate.
  • I couldn't contemplatelivingon my own.
  • He was contemplating hisfuture.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Thinking and contemplating
  • a brown studyidiom
  • agonize
  • agonize over/aboutsomething
  • beard-stroking
  • bethink
  • consideration
  • dip
  • harbour
  • introspect
  • introspection
  • joined-up thinking
  • lateral thinking
  • let me see/let's seeidiom
  • reflection
  • run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
  • scratch
  • scratchyourheadidiom
  • self-contemplation
  • self-reflection
  • soul-searching
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(Definition ofcontemplatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

contemplate| American Dictionary

contemplate
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈkɑnt·əmˌpleɪt/
tospendtimeconsideringapossiblefutureaction, or toconsideroneparticularthing for alongtimein aseriousway:
[T]Theownerof theteamcontemplatedmovinghisfootballclubto anothercity.
[T]Sharon is contemplating going tograduateschool.

contemplation

noun[U]us
/ˌkɑnt·əmˈpleɪ·ʃən/
(Definition ofcontemplatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontemplate

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If so, one mightcontemplatea broader regulation covering public speech that is directed at large groups as well as speech directed at particular individuals.
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Then, one day the father contemplates staying at work an extra hour before going home and, reluctantly, decides to stay at work.
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Such approach contemplates a state vector for robot positioning which is related to environment perception and robot odometry.
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Not even those students contemplating a career in music felt that daily practice was necessary to maintain standards.
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He propelled people along career paths that without his encouragement they would never even have contemplated.
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Clearly these are dramatically different pictures for the reader contemplating long horizon investment decisions.
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On the other hand, new translations, computer technology, electronic databases and the feasibility of word searches make such enterprises easier tocontemplate.
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Ambitious social scientists generally think of physics when theycontemplatethe possibilities of quantification.
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Moreover, relevant federal law specifically contemplates his office taking actions based on zoonotic outbreaks.
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The operas, moreover, are self-reflexive: theycontemplatethemselves.
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But, for some, the future was not something tocontemplate, they had either ceased to live for themselves or were waiting to die.
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This, they argue, is a position which 'constructivism cannotcontemplate'.
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The length seemed to reflect both the men's verbal ability and emotional overload when contemplating the future.
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In the absence of clear experimental constraints, we did notcontemplatesuch additional mechanisms for this model.
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But as we readily follow an agreeable object that flies from us, so we love tocontemplateblue.
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