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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a. perinealis
accrued charge
acoustic magnetic mine
adlecting
administration of internal affairs
Aflogualnum
ai chi
alternative procedure
ampholite
art and part
artificial caving
assidue
base of petroleum
black cottonwood
blue-green bacterium
bursting speed
cascading down
centricdiatom
cloud-bases
complementary scale
consistorial
conventional-arms
counter-cast
Crista sacralis intermedia
Cynwyl Elfed
Daphne holosericea
departmental arrangement and distribution in commodity stock
Direct Copper Blue 2R
disinflations
drip channel
event oriented simulation
eye-serve
factorization method
facular
Fentathienil
flower
geomagnetic periodic variation
go yachting.
group demodulator filter
harpending
hepatitis sequestrans
information management program
initial overburden pressure
insulation varnish
intrapore
inverse beta process
journal box lid hinge
lanatest
light pressure separator
Lothair
megalodiscs
merry-go-round
monoethanolamine(surfactant)
moving current-weighted Passche indexes
neutralizing water tank
new staff
Nihon-maru
non-specified-time relay
nuclear quadrupole spectrum
oil pressure switch
one-cancels-the-other order
orbit maneuver engine
output transfer function
Pare's suture
plain shank
plant hole
poikilosmotic character
preregeneration
progressive wave
pushback
put somebody up to
RCITR
reducing capacity
reductive alkylation
regional index call warrant
RFRNA
Rhodiola wallichiana
Richardson's ground squirrel
rosette phyllotaxy
semi-tractor
sexlessnesses
sgd.
shell tuck
sickling diathesis
simple deterministic language
spaces out
spantik
spread back
sugarcane top
system of gravitational unit
tea-tree
telephone bills
tiled mode
use test
vendibler
vertical decomposition
voltage and frequency response
wear plate
Y ligament
Yang Shiying
zori