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contemplating

/kon-tuhm-pley-ting, -tem-/US // ˈkɒn təmˌpleɪ tɪŋ, -tɛm- //

正在考虑,正在考虑中,正在考虑的,思考中

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : observing, studying, or thinking deeply about something: A stronger spirit and sense of purpose help shift the contemplating mind into a more action-orientated self.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of observing, studying, or thinking deeply about something: After some more contemplating over the last few days, I now know what I'm going to do.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbthink about seriously; plan

Examples

  • It is also an early investor in the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which was last valued by its private investors at $8 billion and is reportedly contemplating an IPO, possibly early next year.

  • Soonin Ham offers overlapped contrapuntal images that conjure a fading past, while Alan Sislen and Van Pulley contemplate vast landscapes veiled by, respectively, mist or sunlight.

  • It is not clear what next steps he is contemplating or when they might happen.

  • Some said the threats ultimately strengthened their resolve to run for office, but many worried that women contemplating a future in politics would be deterred by the possibility of harassment – or worse.

  • Some said they have contemplated taking their own lives because of the stress.

  • As it was, The Affair ended its first season last night with me contemplating hurling my television out of the window.

  • The R-turned-D Navy man and ex-senator is contemplating a 2016 run.

  • And I can tap and tap and tap and yo and yo and yo, contemplating or not contemplating the inanity that is this life.

  • Contemplating spicing up your sex life with a homemade XXX-film?

  • And here you are contemplating your future in a very public forum.

  • While Benjy sat contemplating this creature, and wondering what was to be the end of it all, a bright idea occurred to him.

  • Of course he was contemplating the application of a "two year old hickory," as he went on at the rate of two forty.

  • Consequently Junot and Gazan were seriously contemplating raising the siege.

  • The threatenings of God's word are invested with a mantle of terrible literality by the facts we have been contemplating.

  • It does seem odd, continued Hester, our contemplating formal society, doesnt it?