meditation

C1 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #10872

n. 沉思, 冥想

发音

其它 /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/
US /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/

词形变化

meditations 复数 meditations

教材释义与例句

名词

冥想；沉思，深思

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.

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  2. 2.

    Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.

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  3. 3.

    A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.

    沉思

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    Her book is less a cookbook than a meditation on the craft of cookery.

  4. 4.

    A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.

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  5. 5.

    Careful and thorough thought.

    冥想

    沉思

    禅定

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    deep meditation

    in meditation

    He was lost in careful meditation on how best to proceed when a sudden phone call forced him to decide.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

speculation

上位词 6

reflection contemplation musing rumination reflexion thoughtfulness

相关短语

transcendental meditation 冥思静坐(指西方流行的一种模仿印度教中静坐冥思的修行方式,企图借此来摆脱烦恼,求得心神的安宁) theta meditation

词源

From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).

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