音标:['kɒntempleit] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
vt. 注视, 沉思, 盘算
vi. 冥思苦想
v. look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
v. consider as a possibility
词型变化:现在分词 : contemplating ; 过去分词 : contemplated ; 过去式 : contemplated ; 第三人称单数 : contemplates
考试类型:[六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
动词100%

contemplate的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. He stood contemplating the painting.他站着审视那幅图画。
  2. It terrified me to contemplate the consequence of your action.一想到你行动的后果,我就感到害怕。
  3. The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform.医生细想他要进行的棘手的手术。
  4. We contemplate obtaining a technical license.我们希望获得一项技术许可证。
  5. He contemplates visiting Beijing.他打算访问北京。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.战争的可能性太可怕了,真不堪细想。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. 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。
  2. The old man stood contemplating the painting.那位老人站着凝视那幅图画。
S+~+(sb's/sb) v -ing
  1. The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system.政府打算改革整个税收体制。
  2. They don't contemplate my〔me〕 opposing their plan.他们预料我不会反对他们的计划。
S+~+wh-clause
  1. He contemplated what the future would be like.他思忖着将来会如何。
用作宾补动词S+~+ n./pron. +as n.
  1. He contemplated my advice as nothing.他不把我的建议当回事。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • contemplate proposal考虑建议
  • contemplate sky凝视天空
~+介词
  • contemplate on沉思默想

经典引文

  • Julian was silent then, and sate contemplating.

    出自:Southey
  • Too deeply occupied with their own projects to contemplate on those of others.

    出自:I. D
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acid-treated oil
Adonics
al-arab
animal welfarist
avermectins
avian enterovirus
B.T.S.
balse (philippines)
be shot of
brake beam hanger
Cintra
coaxial-waveguide output device
colour coordination
common schedule
commotio retinae
demonstration school
diploid nucleus
directional comparison system
Doctor and Nurse
dramatic art
dryopteris pseudolunanensis
duty paying value
earth fault current
edt.
elegiacs
embouchure
employee involvement
erithacuss
externally programmed computer
familial incidence
figeaters
Fitzjohn
fizz up
geomyids
gigaleurodes minahassai
Glucopostin
gonioctena (asiphytodecta) tredecimmaculata
great-great-
heptadecenoic
industrial air-conditioning
ironic phosphate
ISC (instruction length code)
jofa
justiceships
Kamenistaya, Bukhta
keep a good table
kephrinei
lairiest
laryngorrhea
left hand propeller
let me think
LF-RF
Li, Mae
magnetic cross valve
microtransaction
Midlobular
multi-perspective
Möng Hsat
Newtonianism
non-authoritarian
notice of enquiry
nylon base insulator
one-night-stand
optants
pedal pianoforte
pentamethylmelamine
pole-change motor starter
post a letter
proportional weir
puncture of dielectric
quadrant elevation fine synchrodata
quarantine peried
ramaker
relaxed synthesis
Resource Description Framework
retainer screw
Rhododendron fulgens
roly-poly filly
sanability
sat inwood
Sauropus tsiangii
self-evaluative
sensory nerve ending
share system
signaling effect of foreign exchange intervention
sour stomach
stepless
Stereocyst
synchronizing drum
tabellions
temperature-compensation
Thrixspermum amplexicaule
throw sth out
tightly coupled
tons displacement
Tysbær
unbribable
underprints
unsensing
vargo
wall post
zenith sun