contemplates
基本解释
- vt.注视;沉思;打算
词源解说
- 1590年左右进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的contemplari,意为仔细考虑。
用法辨析
- contemplate的基本意思是“深思,细想”,指对某事进行仔细的考虑,也可指安静而庄严地对某人或某物“注视,凝视”。contemplate可接名词、代词、动名词或wh-从句作宾语,有时还可接as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
战争的可能性太可怕了,真不堪细想。 - The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform.
医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。 - The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system.
政府打算改革整个税收体制。 - He contemplated what the future would be like.
他思忖着将来会如何。 - He contemplated my advice as nothing.
他不把我的建议当回事。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+(sb's/sb) v -ing
S+~+wh-clause
用作宾补动词: S+~+ n./pron. +as n.
词组短语
- contemplate proposal 考虑建议
- contemplate sky 凝视天空
- contemplate on 沉思默想