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contemplate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
contemplates; contemplated; contemplating
contemplates; contemplated; contemplating
Learner's definition of CONTEMPLATE
1
a [+ object] : to think deeply or carefully about (something)细想，仔细考虑（某事）
- I stopped to contemplate [=ponder] what might have happened.我停下来细想可能已经发生的一切。
- He contemplated the meaning of the poem for a long time.对于那首诗的含义，他深思了很久。
- Life without them is too awful to contemplate. [=too awful to even think about]没有他们的生活想起来都可怕。
b [no object] : to think deeply沉思
- I'd like some time to just sit and contemplate.我希望能有时间静坐沉思。
2
[+ object] : to think about doing (something) : consider思量；思忖；考虑
- She's contemplating moving to the city. = She's contemplating a move to the city.她正在考虑搬到城里去。
- They're contemplating marriage. [=they're thinking about getting married]他们正在考虑结婚事宜。
3
[+ object] : to look carefully at (something)凝视；注视
- She stood and quietly contemplated the scene that lay before her.她站在那儿，静静地凝视着眼前的景色。
contemplate
verb
con·tem·plate ˈkän-təm-ˌplāt 
-ˌtem-
contemplated; contemplating
Synonyms
Example Sentences
He contemplated the meaning of the poem for a long time. I'd like some time to just sit and contemplate. She stood and quietly contemplated the scene that lay before her.
Recent Examples on the Web One was clear but painful to contemplate: How could their family go on without Luke? 
New York Times, 23 July 2022 Why anybody gives a gosh-darn about any of this is one of the many mysteries viewers must contemplate. oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2022 Relax in the spa, or contemplate your next meal poolside in the luxurious embrace of Auberge’s hospitality. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 New district maps are causing some incumbents to run in neighboring districts, forcing them to campaign in unfamiliar territory and contemplate new living arrangements. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Polly Nordstrand, a Native American art curator and the exhibition’s organizer, hopes that visitors will contemplate artists’ role in edifying the values in the nation’s founding document. Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 Tennis, like all games, marks time in various ways, and, along with enduring, there is what Gauff and Świątek provided in Saturday’s final, regardless of the lopsided outcome: the chance to see and contemplate becoming. Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 4 June 2022 But uncertainty persists as eight returning players contemplate their futures. Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2022 The terrorist assault on Salman Rushdie on Friday morning, in western New York, was triply horrific to contemplate. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022 See More
New York Times, 23 July 2022 Why anybody gives a gosh-darn about any of this is one of the many mysteries viewers must contemplate. oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2022 Relax in the spa, or contemplate your next meal poolside in the luxurious embrace of Auberge’s hospitality. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 New district maps are causing some incumbents to run in neighboring districts, forcing them to campaign in unfamiliar territory and contemplate new living arrangements. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Polly Nordstrand, a Native American art curator and the exhibition’s organizer, hopes that visitors will contemplate artists’ role in edifying the values in the nation’s founding document. Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 Tennis, like all games, marks time in various ways, and, along with enduring, there is what Gauff and Świątek provided in Saturday’s final, regardless of the lopsided outcome: the chance to see and contemplate becoming. Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 4 June 2022 But uncertainty persists as eight returning players contemplate their futures. Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2022 The terrorist assault on Salman Rushdie on Friday morning, in western New York, was triply horrific to contemplate. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin contemplātus, past participle of contemplāre, contemplārī "to look at fixedly, observe, notice, ponder," from con- con- + -templāre, -templārī, verbal derivative of templum "space of sky or land delimited orally by an augur, sacred precinct, building consecrated to a deity" — more at temple entry 1
First Known Use
circa 1533, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of contemplate was circa 1533 verb
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