contemplate

C1 CET-6 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #18024 ★★☆☆☆

vt. 注视, 沉思, 盘算 vi. 冥思苦想

发音

US /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/
UK /ˈkɒn.təmˌpleɪt/

词形变化

contemplated contemplates 三单 contemplates contemplatest contemplateth contemplating contemplating 现在分词 contemplated 过去式 contemplated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

沉思；注视；思忖；预期

动词

冥思苦想；深思熟虑

释义与例句

v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.

  2. 2.

    To consider as a possibility.

    I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.

    There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

study reflect muse speculate meditate ponder mull mull over ruminate think over

上位词 8

think take deal consider view cerebrate cogitate look at

下位词 10

question wonder study consider puzzle entertain think of toy with bethink cogitate

相关短语

contemplate one's navel

词源

First attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.

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