contemplation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃən/    美 /ˌkɑntəmˈpleɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of contemplating; being highly concentrated in thought; musing. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonyms: meditation, cogitation; see also Thesaurus:attention, Thesaurus:consideration
  2. Holy meditation. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonyms: devotions, prayer
  3. The act of looking forward to a future event. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonym: anticipation
  4. The state of being considered or planned. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonyms: consideration, planning, proposal

词形变化

contemplations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
contemplationism contemplationist recontemplation
相关词
contemplate contemplational contemplative precontemplation

词源

From Middle English contemplacioun, from Old French contemplation, from Latin contemplatio. By surface analysis, contemplate + -ion.
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