contemplation

英 [ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːntəmˈpleɪʃn]

n.  深思; 沉思; 凝视; 默默注视

复数：contemplations　

法律

BNC.11400 / COCA.11236

习惯用语

n.

in contemplation
• 考虑中
  being considered
• By 1613 even more desperate measures were in contemplation.
  到1613年，甚至考虑要采取更为孤注一掷的措施。

牛津词典

noun

• 深思；沉思
  the act of thinking deeply about sth
  1. He sat there deep in contemplation.
     他坐在那里沉思着。
  2. a few moments of quiet contemplation
     默默沉思的片刻
  3. a life of prayer and contemplation
     祈祷与冥思的生活
• 凝视；默默注视
  the act of looking at sth in a calm and careful way
  1. She turned from her contemplation of the photograph.
     她从凝视着的那张照片上移开目光。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 考虑;思量;思忖
  If youcontemplatean action, you think about whether to do it or not.
  1. For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor...
     有段时间，他考虑去当军医。
  2. She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.
     她考虑为了孩子而离开。
• VERB 深思熟虑;沉思;苦思冥想
  If youcontemplatean idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time.
  1. As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future...
     那天晚上，他躺在医院的病床上，想到未来，他哭了起来。
  2. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.
     那让人难以认真思考这个可能，即目前的政策也许并不能持续下去。
• VERB 凝视;注视
  If youcontemplatesomething or someone, you look at them for a long time.
  1. He contemplated his hands, still frowning.
     他盯着自己的双手，眉头紧锁。

英英释义

noun

• a long and thoughtful observation
• a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
  Synonym:reflectionreflexionruminationmusingthoughtfulness

双语例句

• A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
  追悔莫及的阿加西坐飞机回家面壁思过去了。
• The greatest of all pleasures consists in the contemplation of truth.
  所有快乐中最伟大的快乐存在于对真理的沉思之中。
• He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape.
  他对着眼前的景色沉思起来。
• One is a contemplation technique, and another a more spiritual connection that controls the mind with a mantra.
  一方面它是一种沉思技巧，另一方面它是一种更具灵性的以咒语控制意念的连接。
• Use intuition and creativity. Set aside time for quiet contemplation.
  使用直觉和创造性.留有时间进行安静思考。
• A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.
  居住在修道院并且潜心沉思、祈祷和干活的男修道士。
• It opens up new geographic, linguistic and political spaces for action as well as contemplation.
  它还为行动和思考开辟了新的地理、语言和政治空间。
• Thinking is also reflection and contemplation.
  思维也是思考和沉思。
• This morning the whole contemplation put me into a very deep state of awareness.
  今天早晨这种沉思让我进入了一种很深的觉知状态。
• Today could well be spent in quiet contemplation of the past and future.
  今天你很有可能会陷入对过去和未来的沉思中。