contemplate
英 ['k?ntemple?t; -t?m-]
美 ['kɑnt?mplet]
- vt. 沉思；注視；思忖；預期
- vi. 冥思苦想；深思熟慮
助記提示
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.
中文詞源
contemplate 考慮con-, 強調。-tem，砍，切，詞源同tome, anatomy，temple. 本義為一塊保留（切下來）的用來占卜的神圣之地，后用來指思考的地方，沉思，考慮。
英文詞源
- contemplate
- contemplate: [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- and templum. This word, source of course of English temple, originally signified a space marked out by augurs (priests in ancient Rome who interpreted omens) for making observations. Hence contemplārī originally meant ‘observe omens carefully’, but its application soon became more general.
=> temple - contemplate (v.)
- 1590s, from Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari "survey, observe" (see contemplation). Related: Contemplated; contemplating.
雙語例句
- 1. The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
- 戰爭的可能性太可怕了,真不堪細想.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. We don't contemplate his [ him ] opposing our plan.
- 我們預料他不會反對我們的計劃.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.
- 后果不堪設想.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.
- 那讓人難以認真思考這個可能，即目前的政策也許并不能持續下去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He may try to blast his way out of trouble, playing attacking shots to balls he would not normally contemplate hitting.
- 他可能是想努力擺脫困境，平時不會考慮擊打的球也打起了進攻。
來自柯林斯例句