contemplated

英 [ˈkɒntəmpleɪtɪd]

美 [ˈkɑːntəmpleɪtɪd]

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的过去分词和过去式

过去式：contemplated　

BNC.46271 / COCA.39839

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

• Have you contemplated your divine right?
  你们考虑过你们神权了吧？
• He contemplated the injustices of life.
  他思忖着生活中的种种不公正现象。
• Many little wrinkles gathered between his eyes as he contemplated this, and his brow moistened.
  想到这一切，他的眉头间聚起了许多细细的皱纹，额头也汗湿了。
• I have never contemplated living abroad.
  我从未考虑过去国外居住。
• 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。
• After my dismal performance in my first year of university, I contemplated the reasons for my failure.
  大学一年级我的表现很糟糕，之后我深刻地反思了失败的原因。
• He contemplated the problem before making a decision.
  他在作出决定前仔细考虑了这个问题。
• These tools help with only approximately half the process contemplated between A and B.
  这些工具只对A和B之间预期大约一半过程有所帮助。
• He contemplated the whole situation before making the decision.
  他在做决定之前仔细考虑了整个形势。
• During the war, we never contemplated capitulation to the enemy.
  战争期间，我们从未打算向敌人投降。