contemplative

英 [kənˈtemplətɪv]

美 [kənˈtemplətɪv]

沉思默想的; 深思熟虑的; (对宗教问题)冥想的，敛心默祷的

复数：contemplatives　

医学

BNC.16782 / COCA.14870

牛津词典

• 沉思默想的；深思熟虑的
  thinking quietly and seriously about sth
  1. She was in contemplative mood.
     她陷入沉思之中。
• （对宗教问题）冥想的，敛心默祷的
  spending time thinking deeply about religious matters
  1. the contemplative life (= life in a religious community)
     宗教上的默观生活

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沉思的;冥思的
  Someone who iscontemplativethinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
  1. Martin is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap...
     马丁是个不爱讲话、喜欢沉思默想的小伙子。
  2. I went for long, contemplative walks by the river...
     我沿着河走了很久，默默沉思着。
  3. Life there is slow and contemplative.
     那里的生活节奏舒缓，宜于沉思。

英英释义

noun

• a person devoted to the contemplative life

adj

• deeply or seriously thoughtful
  1. Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
  Synonym:broodingbroodymeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

双语例句

• Her mood was calm and contemplative.
  她情绪平静，似在沉思。
• One day while taking a contemplative walk he came to a well, looked into it, and saw his donkey shape in the mirror-like water.
  有一次，这小主人出去散步，脑子正在思考着甚么，不觉来到了一口井边。他往水中一瞧，见水面清澈如镜，那儿有自己的驴子模样。
• On the contrary, he had to think of everything familiar to him, in his contemplative moods and in his wanderings about the house, as being to be parted with; and hence the many things he had to think of, all day long.
  相反的，当他在房屋里四处漫步的时候，他不得不想到他所熟悉的一切事物，因为他即将与它们分离；因此他整天就不得不想到许多事情。
• In many aboriginal cultures, a question will be answered only after a period of contemplative silence.
  在许多土著文化中，一个问题提出后，只有在沉默中思考之后，才会有人回答。
• For if every way to a solution is barred, one would have to regard any action in this world as entirely ineffective, and one would arrive finally at a contemplative philosophy.
  因为如果每一条解决事物之道被阻断了，那么我们就不得不视在这世界上的任何行为都是徒劳无益的，我们最后就会走到一种瞑想的哲学里去。
• Life there is slow and contemplative.
  那里的生活节奏舒缓，宜于沉思。
• The natural disaster is cruel but actual which made us scared but contemplative.
  自然灾害是残酷的，这使我们感到更加害怕之外还有沉思（作文地带觉得这个词翻译的不到位，请大家指教，谢谢。）
• Had you been a hierarch monk meditating before the temple wall, I would have been burning in the hall as that stick of incense, in your company, for a while, with your contemplative solitude.
  你若曾是面壁的高僧，我必是殿前的那一炷香，焚烧着，陪伴过你一段静穆的时光。
• If same time undertakes plant perfume and listen hearing contemplative music, can achieve favorable hairdressing result more, release interior toxin slowly.
  假如同一时间进行植物薰香和聆听着冥想音乐，更可达到良好的美容效果，并慢慢释放心灵毒素。
• I guess I'm just feeling contemplative this evening.
  可能今晚我是有点入定了吧。