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

• The contemplated austerity measures will only put greater strain on fragile economic and social imbalances.
  计划中的紧缩措施只会使脆弱的经济和社会失衡承受更大压力。
• As such, I had to do something I have never contemplated before in treatment.
  因此我必须做件我以往治疗时不曾考虑过的事。
• I contemplated skipping my speech and taking a C inthe class because I felt that I just could not do it.
  我想着，赶快过了演讲这门，只要我在班上拿了C就好了，因为我觉得我不行的。
• He had never at any time contemplated selling the business.
  他在任何时候都没有考虑过要卖掉这家商店。
• 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。
• For the first time in my adult life, I contemplated getting my hair cut short.
  在我成年的生活的第一次，我深思熟虑地打算将头发剪短。
• He contemplated the injustices of life.
  他思忖着生活中的种种不公正现象。
• He contemplated what the future will be like without the children.
  他思量着如果没有孩子，将来的生活该是怎样的。
• He contemplated washing himself in the Thames, but the river appeared to be dirtier than he was.
  他打算在泰晤士河里洗一洗，但河水似乎比他还脏。
• He contemplated the problem before making a decision.
  他在作出决定前仔细考虑了这个问题。