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contemplate

verb
 
🔊/ˈkɒntəmpleɪt/
🔊/ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt/
(rather formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they contemplate
🔊/ˈkɒntəmpleɪt/
🔊/ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt/
he / she / it contemplates
🔊/ˈkɒntəmpleɪts/
🔊/ˈkɑːntəmpleɪts/
past simple contemplated
🔊/ˈkɒntəmpleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈkɑːntəmpleɪtɪd/
past participle contemplated
🔊/ˈkɒntəmpleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈkɑːntəmpleɪtɪd/
-ing form contemplating
🔊/ˈkɒntəmpleɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkɑːntəmpleɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [transitive] to think about whether you should do something, or how you should do something考虑；思量；思忖 synonym consider, think about/of
    • contemplate something You're too young to be contemplating retirement.你考虑退休还太年轻。🔊🔊
    • contemplate doing something I have never contemplated living abroad.我从未考虑过去国外居住。🔊🔊
    • contemplate how/what, etc… He continued while she contemplated how to answer.她还在考虑如何回答时，他就继续往下说了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Are you willing to contemplate retraining?你愿意仔细考虑再培训的事吗？
    • He was very depressed and even contemplated suicide.他非常沮丧，甚至自杀。
    • She contemplated a change of direction in her life她打算改变生活的方向
    • She was seriously contemplating moving to Mexico.她正认真考虑搬到墨西哥去。
    • She was seriously contemplating working abroad.她正认真考虑去国外工作的事。
    • We're contemplating the possibility of moving house.我们正在考虑搬家的可能性。
    • He's only 55, but he's already contemplating retirement.他只有55岁，但已经开始考虑退休。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • seriously
    • even
    verb + contemplate
    • be prepared to
    • be willing to
    • cannot
    • …
    phrases
    • too awful to contemplate
    • too horrible to contemplate
    See full entry
  2.  
    [transitive] to think carefully about and accept the possibility of something happening考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）
    • contemplate something The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.战争太可怕了，真不敢去想。🔊🔊
    • How could you even contemplate such an idea?你居然想得出这么一个主意？
    • contemplate how/what, etc… 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。🔊🔊
    • contemplate that… She contemplated that things might get even worse.她想到事情可能会变得更糟。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • seriously
    • even
    verb + contemplate
    • be prepared to
    • be willing to
    • cannot
    • …
    phrases
    • too awful to contemplate
    • too horrible to contemplate
    See full entry
  3.  
    [transitive, intransitive] contemplate (something) (formal) to think deeply about something for a long time深思熟虑；沉思；苦思冥想
    • to contemplate your future仔细盘算未来
    • She lay in bed, contemplating.她躺在床上冥思苦想。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • seriously
    • even
    verb + contemplate
    • be prepared to
    • be willing to
    • cannot
    • …
    phrases
    • too awful to contemplate
    • too horrible to contemplate
    See full entry
  4.  
    [transitive] contemplate somebody/something (formal) to look at somebody/something in a careful way for a long time端详；审视 synonym stare at
    • She contemplated him in silence.她默默地注视着他。🔊🔊
    • He sat there, contemplating his fingernails.他坐在那里，端详着自己的手指甲。
    5. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin contemplat- ‘surveyed, observed, contemplated’, from the verb contemplari, based on templum ‘place for observation’.