deliberate
adjective
uk/dɪˈlɪb.ər.ət/us/dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/B2
(often of somethingbad)intentionalorplanned:
(常指坏事)有意的,故意的,蓄意的a deliberateattack/insult/lie蓄意攻击/侮辱/说谎
We made a deliberatedecisiontoliveapartfor a while.经过慎重考虑,我们决定分开住一段时间。
A deliberatemovement,action, orthoughtis donecarefullywithouthurrying:
慢吞吞的;小心谨慎的;沉稳的From herslow, deliberatespeechIguessedshe must bedrunk.她说话慢吞吞的,我猜她肯定喝醉了。
- Some women make a deliberatechoicetorearachildalone.
- Can youpickout the three deliberatemistakesin thisparagraph?
- I don'tthinkhisnamewasleftoff thelistbyaccident- Ithinkit was deliberate.
- This was a deliberateattempttowreckthepeacetalks.
- I didn't take a deliberatedecisiontoloseweight. It justhappened.
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- intend
- planner
- provision
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- reckon onsomething
- settle
- sleeve
deliberate
verb[IorT]
formaluk/dɪˈlɪb.ə.reɪt/us/dɪˈlɪb.ə.reɪt/tothinkortalkseriouslyandcarefullyabout something:
慎重考虑;仔细讨论Thejurytook fivedaysto deliberateonthecase.陪审团花了5天时间对此案进行了慎重讨论。
Thecommitteehas deliberated thequestionatgreatlength.委员会已经仔细讨论过这个问题了。
[+ question word]He's deliberatingwhetheror not toacceptthe newjobthat he's beenoffered.他正在慎重考虑是否接受提供给他的这份新工作。
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