contemplate 的 2 个定义
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.
con·tem·plat·ed, con·tem·plat·ing.
- to think studiously; consider deliberately; meditate.
contemplate 近义词
think about seriously; plan
gaze at
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- 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.