contemplative

英 [kənˈtemplətɪv]

美 [kənˈtemplətɪv]

沉思默想的; 深思熟虑的; (对宗教问题)冥想的，敛心默祷的

复数：contemplatives　

医学

BNC.16782 / COCA.14870

牛津词典

• 沉思默想的；深思熟虑的
  thinking quietly and seriously about sth
  1. She was in contemplative mood.
     她陷入沉思之中。
• （对宗教问题）冥想的，敛心默祷的
  spending time thinking deeply about religious matters
  1. the contemplative life (= life in a religious community)
     宗教上的默观生活

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沉思的;冥思的
  Someone who iscontemplativethinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
  1. Martin is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap...
     马丁是个不爱讲话、喜欢沉思默想的小伙子。
  2. I went for long, contemplative walks by the river...
     我沿着河走了很久，默默沉思着。
  3. Life there is slow and contemplative.
     那里的生活节奏舒缓，宜于沉思。

英英释义

noun

• a person devoted to the contemplative life

adj

• deeply or seriously thoughtful
  1. Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
  Synonym:broodingbroodymeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

双语例句

• Carl Ryden has issued this exact message to contemplative types at big companies.
  卡尔·赖登（CarlRyden）对那些沉思冥想的大公司已经发出了确切信息。
• It was occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood.
  当时他正坐在苹果树下思考问题，突然一只苹果从树上掉下，让他产生了这一想法。
• A roof terrace allows users to discover a contemplative space defined by the cityscape.
  屋顶平台在城市形态的作用下为使用者提供了一处静思空间。
• In many aboriginal cultures, a question will be answered only after a period of contemplative silence.
  在许多土著文化中，一个问题提出后，只有在沉默中思考之后，才会有人回答。
• Life, the most important is to live a comfortable, quiet, contemplative life, if just a few decades to reach such a realm, it shall not live in vain.
  人生在世，最重要的是过一种舒适、宁静、沉思的生活，如果短短的几十年能够达到这样的境界，那就不虚此生。
• The love of a father for his son or daughter, where it is love at all, is a broad, generous, sad, contemplative giving without thought of return.
  父亲对儿子和女儿的爱，倘使有爱的话，是广大的、慷慨的、认真的，深思远虑而不求报答的给予。
• I guess I'm just feeling contemplative this evening.
  可能今晚我是有点入定了吧。
• Had his genius been only contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ability he seemed born for great enterprise and for command;
  如果他的才能仅仅在冥想，那他这一生也没什么可说，可他的精力和实际能力仿佛生来就是为了从事伟业和统领。
• A contemplative man, but an active man.
  一个沉思的人，同时也是个活跃的人。
• On the contrary, he had to think of everything familiar to him, in his contemplative moods and in his wanderings about the house, as being to be parted with; and hence the many things he had to think of, all day long.
  相反的，当他在房屋里四处漫步的时候，他不得不想到他所熟悉的一切事物，因为他即将与它们分离；因此他整天就不得不想到许多事情。