contemplates

英 [ˈkɒntəmpleɪts]

美 [ˈkɑːntəmpleɪts]

v.  考虑; 思量; 思忖; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑; 沉思; 苦思冥想
contemplate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 考虑;思量;思忖
  If youcontemplatean action, you think about whether to do it or not.
  1. For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor...
     有段时间，他考虑去当军医。
  2. She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.
     她考虑为了孩子而离开。
• VERB 深思熟虑;沉思;苦思冥想
  If youcontemplatean idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time.
  1. As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future...
     那天晚上，他躺在医院的病床上，想到未来，他哭了起来。
  2. 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。
• VERB 凝视;注视
  If youcontemplatesomething or someone, you look at them for a long time.
  1. He contemplated his hands, still frowning.
     他盯着自己的双手，眉头紧锁。

双语例句

• At a number of points in the play, he contemplates his own death and even the option of suicide.
  在剧中的很多时候，他都在思考自己的死亡甚至是要选择自杀。
• For Rakuten, as it contemplates its international blitz, the answer is to look for markets where infrastructure such as broadband, credit cards and delivery logistics are improving but the market is not yet saturated with established players.
  对于在考虑大举进军海外市场的乐天而言，它的策略应该是寻找那些基础设施正不断完善、但尚未让老牌竞争对手饱和的市场，如宽带、信用卡和物流配送等领域。
• Beauty in things exists in the mind, which contemplates them.& Hume
  事物的美存于细心观察它的人的意念中。&休谟
• Susan contemplates a life with Karl had she not left him; Bree considers life without Orson;
  苏珊设想与卡尔生活了，她没有离开他，布雷认为没有奥森生活；
• The United States contemplates a US$ 820 billion stimulus package over two years.
  美国准备在两年内实行一整套金额达8200亿美元的刺激措施。
• In the black and white drawing above, a youth gravely contemplates a narrow winding path heading into a forest.
  在上面黑白的图画中，一个年轻人严肃地凝望着前方蜿蜒曲折通向森林的小路。
• And then you have the finished product-the piece of music that is played, or the work of art that somebody contemplates.
  然后，你有了成品演奏的这首乐曲，或者是某人凝视的这幅作品。
• The life boundary contemplates the variability and the solemn and sadness of life and its destiny.
  生命境界感悟命运人生的无常、庄严、感伤；
• Our neighbour contemplates moving to Chicago.
  我们的邻居打算搬到芝加哥去。
• As the advanced world contemplates another year of disappointment, the engine of the global economy has moved ever more decisively to large emerging economies.
  在发达世界考虑面对又一个失望之年的时候，全球经济引擎越来越决定性地转向大型新兴经济体。