contemplate

英 [ˈkɒntəmpleɪt]

美 [ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt]

v.  考虑; 思量; 思忖; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑; 沉思; 苦思冥想

现在分词：contemplating　过去分词：contemplated　过去式：contemplated　第三人称单数：contemplates　

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Collins.2 / BNC.3951 / COCA.4802

牛津词典

verb

• 考虑；思量；思忖
  to think about whether you should do sth, or how you should do sth
  1. You're too young to be contemplating retirement.
     你考虑退休还太年轻。
  2. I have never contemplated living abroad.
     我从未考虑过去国外居住。
• 考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）
  to think carefully about and accept the possibility of sth happening
  1. The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.
     战争太可怕了，真不敢去想。
  2. I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.
     我不能想象独自一人会是个什么样子。
• 深思熟虑；沉思；苦思冥想
  to think deeply about sth for a long time
  1. to contemplate your future
     仔细盘算未来
  2. She lay in bed, contemplating.
     她躺在床上冥思苦想。
• 端详；凝视
  to look at sb/sth in a careful way for a long time
  1. She contemplated him in silence.
     她默默地注视着他。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 考虑;思量;思忖
  If youcontemplatean action, you think about whether to do it or not.
  1. For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor...
     有段时间，他考虑去当军医。
  2. She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.
     她考虑为了孩子而离开。
• VERB 深思熟虑;沉思;苦思冥想
  If youcontemplatean idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time.
  1. As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future...
     那天晚上，他躺在医院的病床上，想到未来，他哭了起来。
  2. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.
     那让人难以认真思考这个可能，即目前的政策也许并不能持续下去。
• VERB 凝视;注视
  If youcontemplatesomething or someone, you look at them for a long time.
  1. He contemplated his hands, still frowning.
     他盯着自己的双手，眉头紧锁。

英英释义

verb

• reflect deeply on a subject
  1. I mulled over the events of the afternoon
  2. philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
  3. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
  Synonym:chew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatemusereflectmullmull overruminatespeculate
• consider as a possibility
  1. I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job
• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
  1. He is meditating in his study
  Synonym:studymeditate
• look at thoughtfully
  1. contemplate one's navel

双语例句

• We invite you to contemplate, what is your heart's desire?
  我们邀请你沉思，你心之期望是什么？
• We pause for a moment to contemplate the menu.
  我们停了一会儿来考虑点什么菜。
• Only in extreme circumstances would European leaders contemplate this step.
  欧洲领导人只有在极端情况下才会考虑这一步。
• She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.
  她考虑为了孩子而离开。
• He contemplated his hands, still frowning.
  他盯着自己的双手，眉头紧锁。
• It is only thanks to the human ability to contemplate the future that fears of mass destruction have arisen.
  仅仅由于人类有能力思虑未来，才出现了对大规模破坏的恐惧。
• For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor
  有段时间，他考虑去当军医。
• No matter singing or expressing emotions, he always loves to contemplate.
  无论是音乐和情感表达上，他也很喜欢思考。
• But this conclusion might at least enable us to think ahead and contemplate private and public strategies.
  但是，这个结论也许至少能让我们未雨绸缪，提前考虑在个人领域和公共领域该采取的策略。
• Thus, if you can contemplate yourself and enjoy present situation, you already cultivated Do.
  因此，如果你能注视你自己而且享受现在的情形，你已经种植是。