contemplate
英['k?ntemple?t;-t?m-]
美['kɑnt?mplet]
- vt. 沉思；注視；思忖；預期
- vi. 冥思苦想；深思熟慮
英英釋意
- 1. look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought;
- "contemplate one's navel"
- 2. consider as a possibility;
- "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
- 3. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes;
- "He is meditating in his study"
- 4. reflect deeply on a subject;
- "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
- "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
- "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"