contemplation
英 [,kɒntem'pleɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,kɑntəm'pleʃən]
助記提示
1、con- "intensive prefix" + templ- "area for the taking of auguries" + -ation.
2、字麵意思：mark out a space for observation" (as an augur does). => gaze attentively, observe, act of looking at, religious musing.
英文詞源
- contemplation (n.)
- c. 1200, "religious musing," from Old French contemplation or directly from Latin contemplationem (nominative contemplatio) "act of looking at," from contemplat-, past participle stem of contemplari "to gaze attentively, observe," originally "to mark out a space for observation" (as an augur does). From com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + templum "area for the taking of auguries" (see temple (n.1)).
雙語例句
- 1. A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
- 追悔莫及的阿加西坐飛機回家麵壁思過去了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene beneath him.
- 他不再懶洋洋地注視著下麵的景色。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape.
- 他對著眼前的景色沉思起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. It is a place of quiet contemplation.
- 這是個靜心冥想的好地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He sat there deep in contemplation.
- 他坐在那裏沉思著。
來自《權威詞典》