contemplate 的意思是 注视,凝视,沉思,冥想,深思无虑
有一个美国俚语是 contemplate your navel,或者是 gaze at your
navel,请问这个俚语是啥意思?用90后的特色提问方式:“来,你猜?”
凝视你的肚脐?
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不对?在仔细看看~~
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字面上的意思虽然是这样,实际上是指,一个人花费很多的时间关注自己,考虑自己的问题而忽略了其他的人和事情~
我自己非常喜欢的一首歌 "Angels"其中也出现这个单词,这首歌版本很多,我最喜欢的是童星 Declan Galbraith
的版本,声音实在是太纯净了~
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Definition of CONTEMPLATE
transitive verb
1
: to view or consider with continued attention : meditate on <contemplate the vastness of the universe>
2
: to view as contingent or probable or as an end or intention <contemplate marriage>
intransitive verb
: ponder, meditate
Examples of CONTEMPLATE
1. He contemplated the meaning of the poem for a long time.
2. I'd like some time to just sit and contemplate.
3. She stood and quietly contemplated the scene that lay before her.
Origin of CONTEMPLATE
Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari, from com+templum space marked out for observation of auguries — more at temple
First Known Use: circa 1533
Related to CONTEMPLATE
Synonyms:chew over, cogitate, consider, ponder, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
Related Words:muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisce; analyze, explore, review; conclude, reason; speculate; brood (about or over), dwell (on or upon), fixate (on or upon), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over); believe, conceive, opine; absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in)
Near Antonyms:disregard, ignore, overlook, slight; dismiss, pooh;
reject
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