英 [ˈkɒntəmpleɪt] 美 [ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt]
v. 沉思，深思熟虑；盘算，打算；凝视，注视；考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）
第三人称单数contemplates
现在分词contemplating
过去式contemplated
过去分词contemplated
contemplate /ˈkɒntɛmˌpleɪt/ CET6 TEM8 [ contemplating contemplated contemplates ]
及物动词 If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not. 考虑
For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor.
他曾一度考虑做一名军医。
及物动词 If you contemplate an idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time. 对…考虑再三
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病床上，当他反复考虑自己的未来时他哭了。
不可数名词 考虑再三
It is a place of quiet contemplation.
这是一个适合静静深思的地方。
及物动词 If you contemplate something or someone, you look at them for a long time. 凝视
He contemplated his hands, still frowning.
他凝视着他的双手，依然皱着眉头。
不可数名词 凝视
He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape for a while.
他沉湎在对风景的凝视中好一会儿。
look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
contemplate one's navel
consider as a possibility
I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job
注视
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contemplative 沉思的；冥想的；默想的
contemplation 沉思；注视；意图
The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.
战争太可怕了，真不敢去想。
I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.
我不能想象独自一人会是个什么样子。
They contemplate trouble in obtaining hotel reservation.
他们考虑到预订旅馆有困难。
"It has so much capability, so much more capability than any other vehicle, that I think we can start to contemplate missions like a Mars sample return, which requires a tremendous amount of lift capability because you've got to send a lander to Mars that still has enough propellant to return to Earth."
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So by using the tabulated data, we can really determined heats of formation for most reactions that you might contemplate, OK?
所以，使用这些表格,我们就能确定大多数,你可能碰到的反应的生成热？
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But if you contemplate your own way of thinking about what you're supposed to be doing with your life.
如果你以自己的思维方式沉思,为了生活你应该去做什么
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They are fine places to contemplate the splendour of the palace and the lives of its inhabitants.
This is a RIDICULOUS misrepresentation of ID Theory that DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE A DESIGNER.
In the meantime, politicians might contemplate their obligations to stewardship of the democratic ideal.