contemplate
英 ['kɒntempleɪt; -təm-]
美 ['kɑntəmplet]
- vt. 沉思；注视；思忖；预期
- vi. 冥思苦想；深思熟虑
助记提示
1、con- "intensive prefix" + templ- "area for the taking of auguries" + -ate.
2、字面意思：mark out a space for observation" (as an augur does). => gaze attentively, observe, act of looking at, religious musing.
中文词源
contemplate 考虑con-, 强调。-tem，砍，切，词源同tome, anatomy，temple. 本义为一块保留（切下来）的用来占卜的神圣之地，后用来指思考的地方，沉思，考虑。
英文词源
- contemplate
- contemplate: [16] Etymologically, to contemplate something is to observe it in a ‘temple’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin contemplārī, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and templum. This word, source of course of English temple, originally signified a space marked out by augurs (priests in ancient Rome who interpreted omens) for making observations. Hence contemplārī originally meant ‘observe omens carefully’, but its application soon became more general.
=> temple - contemplate (v.)
- 1590s, from Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari "survey, observe" (see contemplation). Related: Contemplated; contemplating.
双语例句
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. We don't contemplate his [ him ] opposing our plan.
- 我们预料他不会反对我们的计划.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.
- 后果不堪设想.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He may try to blast his way out of trouble, playing attacking shots to balls he would not normally contemplate hitting.
- 他可能是想努力摆脱困境，平时不会考虑击打的球也打起了进攻。
来自柯林斯例句