contemplate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒn.təmˌpleɪt/    美 /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
    — To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.
  2. To consider as a possibility.
    — I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.

词形变化

contemplates present,singular,third-person contemplating participle,present contemplated participle,past contemplated past

词汇关系

衍生词
contemplatable contemplate one's navel contemplatingly contemplatist recontemplate uncontemplated
相关词
contemplation contemplative contemplator contemplatory contemplatrix

词源

First attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.
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