contemplates

英 [ˈkɒntəmpleɪts]

美 [ˈkɑːntəmpleɪts]

v.  考虑; 思量; 思忖; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑; 沉思; 苦思冥想
contemplate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 考虑;思量;思忖
  If youcontemplatean action, you think about whether to do it or not.
  1. For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor...
     有段时间，他考虑去当军医。
  2. She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.
     她考虑为了孩子而离开。
• VERB 深思熟虑;沉思;苦思冥想
  If youcontemplatean idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time.
  1. As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future...
     那天晚上，他躺在医院的病床上，想到未来，他哭了起来。
  2. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.
     那让人难以认真思考这个可能，即目前的政策也许并不能持续下去。
• VERB 凝视;注视
  If youcontemplatesomething or someone, you look at them for a long time.
  1. He contemplated his hands, still frowning.
     他盯着自己的双手，眉头紧锁。

双语例句

• Based on analyzing the modern Chinese classical short stories, the auther contemplates a few theoretic problems as follows.
  论文在分析了一批中国现代经典短篇小说的基础上，思考了几个理论问题。
• The life boundary contemplates the variability and the solemn and sadness of life and its destiny.
  生命境界感悟命运人生的无常、庄严、感伤；
• For Rakuten, as it contemplates its international blitz, the answer is to look for markets where infrastructure such as broadband, credit cards and delivery logistics are improving but the market is not yet saturated with established players.
  对于在考虑大举进军海外市场的乐天而言，它的策略应该是寻找那些基础设施正不断完善、但尚未让老牌竞争对手饱和的市场，如宽带、信用卡和物流配送等领域。
• She lies on the grass, contemplates the high, blue sky.
  她躺在草地上，凝视著高高的蓝天。
• At other times, the camera stops and contemplates different characters.
  其他时间，镜头多是停顿及凝视不同的人物。
• Indeed, as the regime contemplates its future course in the face of any emboldened opposition to emulate the brutality of Syria, or to move tentatively to reforms public encouragement will be needed to take the right path.
  实际上，沙特王室在思考未来的路线是效仿叙利亚的残暴，还是尝试进行改革时，将需要公众的鼓励来选择正确的道路。
• She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.
  她考虑为了孩子而离开。
• And then you have the finished product-the piece of music that is played, or the work of art that somebody contemplates.
  然后，你有了成品演奏的这首乐曲，或者是某人凝视的这幅作品。
• The soul of the just contemplates in sleep a mysterious heaven.
  心地正直的人在睡眠中也在景仰那神秘的天空。
• He contemplates the book for hours as random, meaningless, non-Euclidean reality invades it, forcing it to register the presence of a world it cannot describe.
  他长时间地盯着这本书，陷入沉思，仿佛现实正在入侵那个无法描述的世界。