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contemplate

/kon-tuhm-pleyt, -tem-/US // ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪt, -tɛm- //UK // (ˈkɒntɛmˌpleɪt, -təm-) //

沉思,思索,思考,考虑

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    con·tem·plat·ed, con·tem·plat·ing.

    • : to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
    • : to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about: to contemplate a difficult problem.
    • : to have as a purpose; intend: The District Attorney's office does not contemplate any charges.
    • : to have in view as a future event: to contemplate buying a new car.
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    con·tem·plat·ed, con·tem·plat·ing.

    • : to think studiously; consider deliberately; meditate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbthink about seriously; plan
Forms: contemplated, contemplates, contemplating

Examples

  • Mom and Barbara would later become fast friends and political allies, and they are who I have in my heart as we contemplate this bittersweet centennial.

  • No one in the EU is contemplating an association agreement with Belarus.

  • ChilledCow’s soft hip-hop jams are just what you need to keep you mellow while studying, running errands or lying on the floor contemplating eternity.

  • The normalcy I used to feel within the campus “bubble” no longer exists, and I’ve been forced to contemplate what kind of world I may be graduating into next year.

  • By contemplating the end times, we can refine our understanding of the universe, but we can’t change its fate.

  • “The idea of Mitch McConnell as the Majority Leader is too bizarre and dark to contemplate [right now],” she said.

  • But the consequences of a nuclear exchange are almost too horrible to contemplate.

  • As the Cofán shaman blew strongly over the cup, I took those few seconds to contemplate how I had managed to find myself here.

  • “As the day of the operation drew closer, it became more and more painful and frightening to contemplate,” wrote Reeve.

  • When I contemplate God among the dead I find only emptiness and silence.

  • The working man was incited to contemplate the beauty of the night's rest that followed on the exhaustion of the day.

  • One step might spoil everything and lead to an exposure, the consequences of which were altogether too terrible to contemplate.

  • And when we contemplate aright the exercise as sanctioned by the procedure of God, how distinctly are these brought before us!

  • It seemed that even the country gentlemen must begin to contemplate the probability of an alarming crisis.

  • Let us often contemplate this sorrow, and excite our hearts to a tender compassion with the Mother of Sorrows.