Contemplate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 深思
• ［英］ v. 深思 ( to think about intently)
• ［记］ con ( 始终) +templ ( 庙) +ate -> 始终像庙中人一样深思 -> 静思
• ［同］ 同根词: temple ( 太阳穴, 庙宇) ; contemplative ( 爱思考的) 派生词: contemplation ( n. 沉思, 思考)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-plated; -plating)

• Etymology: Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari, from com- + templum space marked out for observation of auguries — more at temple
• Date: circa 1533
• transitive verb
  • 1. to view or consider with continued attention ; meditate on <contemplate the vastness of the universe
  • 2. to view as contingent or probable or as an end or intention <contemplate marriage
• intransitive verb
  • ponder, meditate
• Synonyms: see consider
• ? contemplator noun

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