contemplate 是什么意思
vt. 沉思；注视；思忖；预期
contemplate 记忆方法
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.
contemplate 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。
英语词源
contemplatecontemplate: [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
contemplate 权威例句
- 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.
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- 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
contemplate 造句
- 1. The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.
- 战争太可怕了，真不敢去想。
《牛津词典》
- 2. 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。
《牛津词典》
- 3. They contemplate trouble in obtaining hotel reservation.
- 他们考虑到预订旅馆有困难。
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- 4. The thought of holding a fixed grin as the camera performed its magical duties was too much to contemplate, and so a non-committal blank stare became the norm.
- 当摄像机在执行它的神奇的职责时，你就要保持露齿笑，这实在是太让人难以想象了，于是，一种坚定而茫然的凝视成了常态。
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- 5. The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.
- 后果不堪设想。
《新英汉大辞典》
- 6. She ghoulishly forced patients to contemplate their own deaths.
- 她残忍地强迫病人思考自己的死亡。
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- 7. It's an awful thing to contemplate.
- 想起来是一个很可怕的事情。
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- 8. But most Europeans now contemplate a fudge.
- 但是，大多数欧洲人现在认为是捏造。
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- 9. The first option is too gruesome to contemplate.
- 第一种选择太可怕，难以去想象。
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- 10. I did not want to contemplate this long chain of ifs.
- 我不想不想去设想这一长串如果。
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- 11. But they are also presented with a chance to contemplate.
- 但是他们也呈现了我们一个深思的机会。
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- 12. But Caroline refused to contemplate that her school might die.
- 但是卡洛琳坚决不去想她的学校可能会离他们而去。
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- 13. In fact, his male friends would not even contemplate going up there.
- 实际上，他的男性朋友们压根儿就没想过要上去。
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- 14. After that we can contemplate something that matters, like a haircut.
- 之后，我们可以考虑一些确实重要的事，比如剪个新发型。
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- 15. Most of us tend not to contemplate the stuff sitting between our ears.
- 通常来说，我们并不打算在两只耳朵之间放进任何东西。
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- 16. It's a bit gruesome to contemplate why coroners and others need these data.
- 细想法医等人为何需要这些生卒数据可能有点令人毛骨悚然。
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- 17. Time is only created by the inadequate ability of Nature to contemplate the divine.
- 时间是在沉思神圣时被自然的不充分的能力创造出来的。
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- 18. Psychological: The consequences of climate change are too awful to contemplate.
- 心理层面：气候变化所带来的后果光是想想都让人毛骨悚然。
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- 19. Make it a peaceful time to contemplate your life, and the things you're passing.
- 让开车的时间成为你考虑你的生活和你错过的事情的一段悠闲的时间。
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- 20. I couldn't contemplate doing such an exposing thing myself, and I'm twice her age.
- 我自己倒不打算做这种暴露自己缺点的事，毕竟我的年龄比她大一倍。
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- 21. Art requires you to spend some time with it, to contemplate and think, leave and return.
- 艺术要求你在作品面前花费时间，沉思并想象，走开再回来。
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- 22. Perhaps there is no one better to contemplate the meaning of cultural change -- bad?
- 这里大褂没有其他人能比他更好的思考文化变迁带来的意义，好？
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- 23. The future is a hope and a dream which is pleasant to contemplate now is all we have.
- 未来还是一个值得憧憬的美梦。现在才是我们真正拥有的。
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- 24. David Cameron had previously indicated he would contemplate more restrictive measures.
- 大卫·卡梅伦之前已表明他将考虑更多限制措施。
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- 25. No one wants to contemplate military intervention, and talks are the only alternative.
- 没有谁打算军事干预，对话是唯一的选择。
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- 26. Given the fragility of the economic recovery, this is an incredible risk to contemplate.
- 鉴于经济复苏的脆弱性，这种难以置信的风险需要加以考虑。
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- 27. Given the fragility of the economic recovery, this is an incredible risk to contemplate.
- 鉴于经济复苏的脆弱性，这种难以置信的风险需要加以考虑。
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美：['kɑntəmplet]