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

• 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 contemplated the whole situation before making the decision.
  他在做决定之前仔细考虑了整个形势。
• Have you even contemplated one day playing for the Spain national team?
  你想过有一天能代表西班牙国家队参加比赛吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 sat there and contemplated.
  他坐在那儿沉思默想。
• 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。
• I had not contemplated anything in the nature of a contract, bargain, or sale between us.
  在我们之间，我从来没有想到过如合同、讨价还价或售卖这一类事情。
• Such tactics cannot be contemplated in a country as mountainous and rural as Afghanistan.
  但，到了阿富汗，多山，城市少，同样的战术就很难取得预期效果了。