ponder

英['pɒndə(r)] 美['pɑːndər]
  • v. 沉思;考虑
ponderer pondered pondered pondering ponders
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星级词汇:
    v. (动词)
    1. 沉思,默想,思考,思量,思索,沉思默想
    2. 考虑
    3. 衡量,估量
    4. 反思,回想
    5. 仔细考虑,细想, 深思熟虑,玩味,琢磨
    6. 权衡利弊,思前想后
    7. 祈祷
    n. (名词)
    1. 沉思,默想,考虑
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. & vi. 思考; 沉思 spend time in considering (a fact, difficulty, etc.)

英英释义

Verb:
  1. reflect deeply on a subject;

    "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
    "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
    "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

1. The visitor can ponder over the boomerangs used by aborigines at the time of Cook.
来访者可以琢磨琢磨土著人在库克时期用的回飞镖.

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2. They would do well to pause and ponder upon their new responsibilities.
人们最好还是停一停,好好地想一想自己所负的新责任.

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3. Face west, all you plump old men, and ponder your tropic fates.
退休老人们啊, 面向西方, 为你们那莫测的祸福祈祷吧.

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4. You should pause and ponder now.
你现在应该停下来仔细考虑一下.

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5. He sits to ponder his misfortune there.
他坐在那里沉思着他的不幸.

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. You should pause and ponder now.
      你现在应该停下来仔细考虑一下。
    2. He pondered long and deeply over the question.
      他对该问题作了长时间的深思。
    3. We pondered whether to tell her.
      我们考虑是否要告诉她。
    4. He pondered for some minutes before giving an answer.
      他思考了几分钟才作答复。
    5. They are pondering moving their offices outside London.
      他们正在考虑把办事处搬出伦敦。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+~(+A)
    1. He pondered for a few minutes and then left.
      他沉思片刻后走了。
    2. She pondered for some minutes before giving an answer.
      她思考了几分钟才作答复。
    3. She cast her eyes over the paper, pondered, caught the meaning.
      她把眼光盯在那文件上,思考着,领会着其中的含义。
    4. When I asked her advice, she pondered and then told me not to go.
      当我征求她的意见时,她沉思了一会儿,然后叫我不要去。
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. We pondered many things.
      我们考虑许多事情。
    2. He pondered his words thoroughly.
      他仔细掂量了自己的话。
    3. He sat pondering the advice he received.
      他一边坐着一边仔细考虑他得到的劝告。
    4. The cabinet would do well to ponder the advisability of such a course of action.
      内阁最好还是考虑一下这一行动步骤的可行性。
    S+~+wh-to- v
    1. We pondered where to meet him.
      我们考虑在哪儿与他见面。
    2. The prisoner pondered how to escape.
      囚犯盘算如何越狱逃跑。
    3. We pondered whether to tell him.
      我们考虑是否要告诉他。
    4. We should ponder what to do next.
      我们应考虑下一步该怎么办。
    5. You needn't ponder how to behave at the party.
      你没必要考虑自己在舞会上如何表现。
    S+~+ v -ing
    1. They're pondering moving their offices outside London.
      他们在考虑把办事处搬出伦敦。
    S+~+wh-clause
    1. We pondered what he had done.
      我们衡量他所做的事。
v. (动词)
  1. ponder作“思考,沉思”解时,常指认真、慎重、严肃地从各个角度全面地考虑或估量一个问题,侧重不遗漏任何重要之处,所思考的问题一般是比较重要的,也可能是在有矛盾甚至是相反的主张间作出选择。
  2. ponder可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作不及物动词时常常与介词on或over连用; 用作及物动词时可接名词、代词、带疑问词的不定式、动名词、疑问词从句作宾语。
study,consider,ponder,weigh,contemplate
  • 这些动词均有“考虑、思考、估量”之意。
  • study普通用词,指对各方面考虑,在制订出计划或采取具体动作之前作认真检查。
  • consider既指一时的对某事的考虑,也指长时间的深入的思考。
  • ponder侧重仔细、深入、连续地考虑问题,以作出认真的估计和正确的抉择。
  • weigh指作出决策前把问题的各个方面进行比较,权衡利害得失,取有利的方面。
  • contemplate通常指长时间思考某事,有时含无确定的实际目的。
  • 用作动词 (v.)
    ponder over〔on,upon〕 (v.+prep.)
      深思(某事) consider (a matter) deeply
      ponder over〔on,upon〕 sth

      We pondered over the present state of affairs.

      我们考虑了当前的情况。

      Give me a few days to ponder over it.

      给我几天时间好好考虑这个问题。

      The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.

      年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。

      Successive committees have pondered over this problem without finding a solution.

      连续几届委员会都考虑过这个问题而未找到解决的办法。

      She pondered bitterly upon the meaning of life.

      她苦苦地思索生活的意义。

    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+名词 ~+副词 ~+介词