例句:Then I would look up at the cupboard,where the naked lady was frozen in her panic and the muscular gentleman contemplated the hindquarters of the leopard in endless gloom.(from Thinking as a Hobby by William Golding )
句子翻译:然后我就会抬起头来看那个文件柜,看着裸体女士被冻结在恐惧中,健硕的男子无限忧郁地凝视着猎豹的臀部。
因此contemplate的本意是“划出 一片区域,然后仔细观察”。
contemplate既含有“注视”的意思,又含有“沉思”的意思,因为占卜时需要在仔细观察的同时思考所见迹象所表示的吉凶意味。
contemplate:['kɒntempleɪt; -təm-]v.注视,沉思,冥思苦想
(from 钱博士英语)
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