contemplating

英 [ˈkɒntəmpleɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈkɑːntəmpleɪtɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：contemplating　

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

• I hope you're not contemplating a jump?
  我希望你不是想跳下去吧？
• I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifestyle.
  我开车回家，一路上思考着自己更为乏味的生活方式。
• In nights of contemplating this photo with tears, I could only talk with mother in heart.
  在我流泪凝视这张照片的夜晚，我只能在心里与母亲说话。
• I hope your mother isn't contemplating coming to stay with us!
  我希望你母亲没有打算来与我们暂住！
• No longer was I just contemplating minor patches to an existing POP client.
  我不再仅仅给POP客户端做一些小补丁。
• Happiness is not generally found in contemplating the past or future.
  研究人员说，深思你的过去或未来，通常是找不到幸福感的。
• In contemplating "the exceeding beauty of the earth" these people have found calmness and courage.
  在沉思「大地超绝之美」时，这些人找到了宁静和勇气。
• In fact she was contemplating prospects too, but in a quite different way.
  事实上，她也在考虑着前程问题，不过这是个完全不同的前程。
• And I'm not contemplating it in this life.
  我这辈子并不打算这么做。
• Whenever you are contemplating a risk, remember that doing nothing can also be risky.
  不管你什么时候评定一个冒险，记住什么都不做实际上也是一种冒险。