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contemplation

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++con·tem·pla·tion /ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [uncountable]  THINK ABOUTquiet serious thinking about something 沉思,冥想,默想 meditation The monks spend an hour in contemplation each morning. 那些修道士每天早上默想一小时。
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contemplationHe, too, made simplifications, but slowly, after studied reflection and contemplation.Schopenhauer's position was that lyric combines contemplation and the individual will.Wente uses the hour for contemplation and study.Like a dreamer, the Apolline artist is absorbed in contemplation of something outside himself and does not identify with it.I endeavored to learn from General Lee what movements he had in contemplation, or what he next expected from General Grant.The average time given over to its contemplation was estimated at one hour.It is as though they could not wait to sink into a dotage spent in permanent contemplation of their childhood.From the contemplation of this inescapable judgment he turned his face resolutely away.
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contemplation
contemplation /ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [uncountable]
quiet serious thinking about something ⇨ meditation:
    The monks spend an hour in contemplation each morning.


con·tem·pla·tionBrE /ˌkɒntəmˈpleɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkɑːntəmˈpleɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) the act of thinking deeply about sth 深思;沉思He sat there deep in contemplation. 他坐在那里沉思着。🔊🔊a few moments of quiet contemplation默默沉思的片刻a life of prayer and contemplation祈祷与冥思的生活the act of looking at sth in a calm and careful way 凝视;默默注视She turned from her contemplation of the photograph. 她从凝视着的那张照片上移开目光。🔊🔊in contemˈplation(formal) being considered 考虑中By 1613 even more desperate measures were in contemplation. 到 1613 年,甚至考虑要采取更为孤注一掷的措施。🔊🔊