contemplate
美 [?kɑnt?m?ple?t]
英 [?k?nt?m?ple?t] 
詞形變化
第三人稱單數:contemplates 現在分詞:contemplating 過去式:contemplated 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [t] 考慮;思量;思忖to think about whether you should do sth, or how you should do sth |
| You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考慮退休還太年輕。 |
| I have never contemplated living abroad. 我從未考慮過去國外居住。 |
| He continued while she contemplated how to answer. 她還在考慮如何回答時,他就繼續往下說了。 |
2. | [t] 考慮接受(發生某事的可能性)to think carefully about and accept the possibility of sth happening |
| The thought of war is too awful to contemplate. 戰爭太可怕了,真不敢去想。 |
| I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone. 我不能想象獨自一人會是個什么樣子。 |
| She contemplated that things might get even worse. 她想到事情可能會變得更糟。 |
3. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 深思熟慮;沉思;苦思冥想to think deeply about sth for a long time |
| to contemplate your future 仔細盤算未來 |
| She lay in bed, contemplating. 她躺在床上冥思苦想。 |
4. | [t] ~ sb/sth 端詳;審視to look at sb/sth in a careful way for a long time |
| She contemplated him in silence. 她默默地注視著他。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
"That 's unfortunate, " was his brief reply, as he lit a cigar and began to smoke and contemplate the stars.
“真是不幸,”他點燃一支雪茄,一邊吸著煙看著星星沉思,一邊回答道。
Firms will have to go abroad for growth and will need domestic scale to be able to contemplate this.
所以企業必須走向國際以尋求增長,企業當然也需要在國內有一定的規模才能夠考慮國際化這一步。
Death may be hard to contemplate, but this book is as much about the journey as it is about the last stop.
死亡或許會很難苦思冥想,但是這本書在寫關于旅途的同時也涉及最后一站。
The possibility that Gerhardt was disabled for life opened long vistas of difficulties which she had not the courage to contemplate.
老頭子要成殘廢的可能,打開來日艱難的一條長視景,使她沒有去細想它的勇氣了。
Contemplate the fact that you might have made a regrettable, but somewhat explainable decision then.
謹記這個事實:也許你做了一個讓人懊悔但仍然可以解釋的決定。
Those old enough to contemplate having children of their own were even more passionate on this point.
那些年齡夠大、考慮要自己孩子的年輕人甚至對此的要求更為強烈。
Firms of the size of Riversdale are small enough for any number of potential bidders to be able to contemplate buying them.
比如,像里弗斯這樣小規模的公司對任何潛在投標人來說,在收購前都要斟酌一番。
If you want some time alone to contemplate your options now, clearly let others know that you need a bit of space.
如果你想要一些時間單獨計劃下你的選擇的話,要明確告訴其他人你需要這樣一個空間。
If newspapers can keep that up in better times, they may be able to contemplate more than mere survival.
如果在更好的經濟時期,報業能夠繼續保持這種適應能力,那么他們可能考慮的就遠不止生存問題了。
It must stand as an example and a warning to all that would contemplate even trying to do such things ever in the future.
這必須成為一個實例,一個警告,給那些盤算著如此行動的人們,甚至在未來。
We need to understand the true nature of the teaching and contemplate( meditate) its true meanings.
我們應該了解我們的佛法導師-梁老師所教導的真實意涵,并應深思其中的真義。
The scale of the ambition makes it the sort of thing that only a Google would contemplate - or be able to afford.
這種抱負的規模決定了它是那種只有谷歌會去考慮——或能夠負擔得起的事。
its easy to say I, you know, we have the right motivation but we should really contemplate on this.
你知道,這個說來容易,但是我們真的應該好好思維它。
All day he did nothing but contemplate.
他整天除了沉思外沒做任何事。
The course 'Human Happiness' aims not to provide students with a manual for achieving happiness, but to help them contemplate "happiness" .
的目的并非教人如何尋找「幸福」,而是幫助同學思考「幸福」。
He must contemplate the particular in terms of the general, and touch abstract and concrete in the same flight of thought.
他必須根據一般性來深入思考特殊性,并在思緒奔放的同時觸及抽象與具體。
She laid down the letter, which seemed so full of love to her, and began to contemplate her sleeping cousin with the warmest kindness.
她把這封她認為充滿愛情的信放下,心滿意足地端詳著睡覺的堂兄弟。
It was a fine, clear, autumn morning, when they came upon the scene of his promotion, and stopped to contemplate its beauties.
在一個晴朗的秋天早晨,他們到達了他這個新任所的界內,停在那里默想著那地方的幽美。
As you contemplate the question, Gargoyles, Demon spawns, and a giant Black Dragon charge at you from within the keep.
當你正在思考著的同時,魔界使者、惡魔之子和一條巨大的黑龍從要塞內挑戰你。
So I'm absolutely certain that I exist but when I contemplate my body if it's all an illusion I cannot be sure that my body exists.
我完全確信我的存在,但是當我思考肉體的時候,那是否只是一個幻想而已,我并不能確定我肉體的存在。
She laid down the letter, which seemed so full of love to her, and began to contemplate her sleeping cousin with the warmest kindness.
她把這封她認為充滿愛情的信放下,心滿意足地端詳著睡覺的堂兄弟。
I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.
我不能想象獨自一人會是個什么樣子。
The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.
戰爭太可怕了,真不敢去想。
It was a time not too different from the present, a moment when Chinese keenly contemplate their place in the world.
那段時間是中國竭力思索其在世界上地位的時期,與現在沒有很多的區別。
Europeans do not seriously contemplate a political union along the lines of that of the United States with a popularly-elected president.
歐洲人也并不認真地期望按照美國的方式建立一個具有民選總統的政治聯盟。
That might be a suitable place for the pitiable humans remaining to contemplate the errors of our supposedly enlightened civilization.
這可能是一個合適的地方,讓殘存的可憐人們對我們那所謂開悟文明的錯誤進行深深的反思。
Defeat is not a word that the dark Ones contemplate as they considered themselves invincible.
失敗并不是黑暗勢力會考慮的詞匯,因為他們認為自己是無敵的。
I would take more turns on the merry-go-round, contemplate more dawns, and play more with children. If I had my life ahead of me again.
我愿意多玩幾次旋轉木馬、注視黎明,還要和孩子們多玩一會。如果我還有來生。
A few years ago Europe's leading clubs seemed to be prepared to contemplate a breach with FIFA.
幾年前,歐洲一些大的俱樂部似乎在準備同國際足聯翻臉。
Per the Zetas, it will be the status quo until the Last Weeks, as the establishment cannot contemplate any other course of action.
直到最后幾個星期,為建立可以不考慮任何其他行動。
Some European countries are beginning to contemplate (and, to a limited extent, undertake) economic reforms.
一些歐洲國家正在打算改革(當然是在一定的范圍內進行)。
Leaving France as the only state in Europe with nuclear weapons is not something any British government would lightly contemplate.
任何一屆英國政府都不會輕率地考慮讓法國成為歐洲唯一擁有核武器的國家。
But consider this: if the theory weren't right, it's possible that none of us would be here to contemplate anything at all.
大家細想一下:如果這個理論錯了,也許就沒有我們這些在座的蕓蕓眾生啦!
The costs of a meltdown would be too grave to contemplate. The members simply have to prevent that. They have no sane alternative.
歐元區解體的后果嚴峻得難以想象,其成員國應竭力避免。其他的選擇都不明智。
But the United States might contemplate what could have happened during the early days of the space race with yet another rocket genius.
但是,美國可能會考慮在太空競賽的早期,在中國失去這一位火箭天才的情況下
The Yin and Yang are a model that the faithful follow, an aid that allows each person to contemplate the state of his or her lives.
陰和陽是信徒追隨的原型,有助于讓一個人去凝視他或她的生命狀態。
and it included none of the entitlement reforms that President Barack Obama was once prepared to contemplate.
并且該協議不包括貝拉克·奧巴馬總統一度所預期的津貼改革。
But why even contemplate such a scenario when it could all be avoided by sending me a check ?
但為什么你們還要眼睜睜地看著這一幕幕的發生呢,給我支票這一切不就搞定了嗎?。
Byron began to seriously contemplate leaving baseball to become a motivational speaker, despite objections from friends and family members.
盡管朋友和家人不斷出現反對的聲音,拜倫開始認真考慮離開棒球,成為一個能激勵人心的演講家。
The fascinating physics of foams offers much to contemplate as you shower before heading off to the bar.
在你去就酒吧前沖涼時,泡沫的美妙物理足夠你好好冥思苦想一陣了。
Art requires you to spend some time with it, to contemplate and think, leave and return.
藝術要求你在作品面前花費時間,沉思并想象,走開再回來。
In a society where the quest for happiness has never been more intense, there are powerful questions to contemplate.
在一個空前熱切地追求快樂的社會里,有許多影響重大的問題需要思考。
NG's project for the Bund is not to understand, to interpret, but to listen, to contemplate, and to get some shapes.
NG這次的外灘計劃,并不是要觀眾去理解或翻譯她的“演講”,而是去傾聽和獲得一些事物的輪廓。