contemplate
英 /ˈkɒntəmpleɪt/ 美 /ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt/
- v. 认真考虑；深思to think carefully about something for a long time
- v. 考虑做；打算to consider doing something in the future
- v. 凝视；端详to look at something quietly and thoughtfully
She sat beside the lake, contemplating her next move.
她坐在湖边，认真考虑下一步该怎么办。
Before expanding public transport, planners should contemplate how proposed routes will affect existing communities.
在扩展公共交通之前，规划者应仔细考虑拟议线路会如何影响现有社区。
搭配
contemplate doing something 考虑做某事contemplate the future 思考未来contemplate a change 考虑作出改变
辨析提示
后接名词或动名词，不接to do。
词族
contemplation (n.)、contemplative (adj.)
相关词
- contemplation 沉思；深思
- baffle 使困惑；难倒
- integral 不可或缺的
- envision 想象；展望
- deduction 推断；演绎
- foretell 预言；预示
- disentangle 解开；理顺
- notwithstanding 尽管；虽然
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