contemplate
沉思
常用释义
英音[ ˈkɒntəmpleɪt ]
美音[ ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt ]
变形
第三人称单数:
contemplates
现在分词:
contemplating
过去式:
contemplated
过去分词:
contemplated
基本释义
- v. 沉思，深思熟虑；盘算，打算；凝视，注视；考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）
考试频率
六级
考频：近五年出现2次
- v. 注视; 凝视
考研
考频：近六年出现3次
- v. 冥思; 考虑
- v. 盘算; 预料; 估计
例句
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1·The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.战争太可怕了，真不敢去想。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.我不能想象独自一人会是个什么样子。来源: 《牛津词典》
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3·They contemplate trouble in obtaining hotel reservation.他们考虑到预订旅馆有困难。
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4·The thought of holding a fixed grin as the camera performed its magical duties was too much to contemplate, and so a non-committal blank stare became the norm.当摄像机在执行它的神奇的职责时，你就要保持露齿笑，这实在是太让人难以想象了，于是，一种坚定而茫然的凝视成了常态。
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5·The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.后果不堪设想。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
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6·She ghoulishly forced patients to contemplate their own deaths.她残忍地强迫病人思考自己的死亡。
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7·It's an awful thing to contemplate.想起来是一个很可怕的事情。
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8·But most Europeans now contemplate a fudge.但是，大多数欧洲人现在认为是捏造。
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9·The first option is too gruesome to contemplate.第一种选择太可怕，难以去想象。
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10·I did not want to contemplate this long chain of ifs.我不想不想去设想这一长串如果。
同根词
词根：
contemplate
contemplative
adj
沉思的；冥想的；默想的
contemplation
n
沉思；注视；意图