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contemplation

/kon-tuhm-pley-shuhn, -tem-/US // ˌkɒn təmˈpleɪ ʃən, -tɛm- //UK // (ˌkɒntɛmˈpleɪʃən, -təm-) //

沉思,冥想,思考,冥思苦想

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of contemplating; thoughtful observation.
    • : full or deep consideration; reflection: religious contemplation.
    • : purpose or intention.
    • : prospect or expectation.

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Examples

  • I certainly think that it’s possible to contemplate the boundary between life and not-life from that perspective, and the text, I would argue, clearly contains such a contemplation.

  • I’m sure that somewhere there is a meditation or mindfulness practice that either already makes use of the concept of cosmic scales or should sign up this app right away as a tool for aiding contemplation.

  • At a sanctuary in Sabah, Borneo, a young male proboscis monkey sits with his eyes closed in quiet contemplation.

  • However, we have also evolved the ability to turn off this constant time-keeping, in moments of artistic rapture or contemplation, and that adaptive sense of timelessness gives our lives much of its beauty and meaning.

  • It’s possible to spend the day completely isolated, in quiet contemplation, and feel invigorated.

  • Contemplation and meditation are not just for monks and hermits.

  • He went, and the experience “launched me into a lifelong passion for spirituality, meditation, and contemplation,” he said.

  • It's picture that repays long contemplation, and I spent ages in front of it with friends.

  • Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death is both a contemplation of these facts and a reflection upon living with them for decades.

  • “Concentration and contemplation are still on the surface,” he explains.

  • The shout of Jerry recalled the king from his contemplation of things in general to the lantern in particular.

  • My heart yearned for that land, but I had to turn from the contemplation of its distant joys to the cold, gloomy reality below me.

  • And then when at length I did look at her, I could not tear myself away from such a sorrowful object of contemplation.

  • He motioned Harkness to a chair and resumed his complacent contemplation of a picture that was flowing across a screen.

  • Under the shade of the Bôdhi tree he devotes himself again to religious contemplation, and falls into rapt ecstasies.