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单词 ponder
释义

ponder

音标['p?nd?]

汉语翻译

vt. 沉思, 考虑
vi. 沉思, 考虑

词型变化:

名词:ponderer 动词过去式:pondered 过去分词:pondered 现在分词:pondering 第三人称单数:ponders 

词意辨析:

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。

英语解释:

动词 ponder:

  1. reflect deeply on a subject
    同义词:chew over, think over, meditate, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

例句:

  1. We pondered whether to tell her.
    我们考虑是否要告诉她。
  2. They are pondering moving their offices outside London.
    他们正在考虑把办事处搬出伦敦。
  3. He pondered for some minutes before giving an answer.
    他思考了几分钟才作答复。

详细解释:


pon.der

v.(动词)
pon.dered,pon.der.ing,pon.ders
v.tr.(及物动词)
To weigh in the mind with thoroughness and care.
思索,衡量:在头脑中彻底且仔细地加以权衡
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.
仔细考虑,沉思:彻底且仔细地思考或考虑

来源:
Middle English ponderen
中古英语 ponderen
from Old French ponderer
源自 古法语 ponderer
from Latin ponder3re * see (s)pen-
源自 拉丁语 ponder3re *参见 (s)pen-

【引伸】
pon.derer
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>ponder,meditate,deliberate,ruminate,mull,museThese verbs mean to consider something carefully and at length. Toponder is to weigh in the mind with painstaking thoroughness and care:
这些动词表示仔细而详尽地考虑某件事情。Ponder 是指用煞费苦心的详尽和仔细在头脑中权衡:
例句:
.He and the council had already pondered the list of members returned to the parliament. (John Morley).
.他和委员会已经认真地考虑过了重返国会的人员名单. (约翰·摩利)。

例句:
.The Doctor had been pondering, and had made up his mind to a certain course. (Henry Kingsley).
.这个医生已经苦思冥想了一段时间并已决定要采用某种方法. (亨利·金斯利)。

Meditate implies serious consideration,as of undertaking a course of action or of implementing a plan;the term can also denote engagement in deep reflection:
Meditate 暗指严肃的思考,比如对于采取一项行动或执行一项计划所做的考虑;这个词还可表示陷入深深的思考:
例句:
.The King struck the blow he had for some time meditated. (William E.H. Lecky).
.国王实施了他考虑已久的打击. (威廉E.H.莱奇)。

例句:
.He quitted her presence to meditate upon revenge. (Frederick Marryat).Todeliberate is to think attentively and usually slowly, as about a choice or decision to be made:
.他不让她出现以考虑如何复仇. (弗雷德里克·玛利亚特)。Deliberate 是指集中注意力地且通常是缓慢地思考, 如对于将要做出的一项选择或决定的思考:

例句:
The jury deliberated for two days before returning a verdict.
陪审团在仔细斟酌了两天后才做出了他们的最后决定。

Ruminate andmull imply turning a matter over and over again in the mind:
Ruminate 和mull 暗指把一件事情在脑子里翻来覆去地想:
例句:
.The old warrior king was . . . ruminating on his gloomy fortunes. (Washington Irving).
.年迈的武士之王正在…反复咀嚼他暗淡的命运和前途. (华盛顿·欧文)。

例句:
I sat mulling over my problem without finding a solution. Tomuse is to be absorbed in one`s thoughts; the word often connotes an abstracted quality:
我坐着一遍又一遍地思考我的问题,可总是找不到解决办法。 Muse 是指沉浸在自己的思想中; 该词经常含有一种抽象的性质:

例句:
.And musing there an hour alone,/I dreamed that Greece might still be free. (Byron).
.在那默想一个钟头,/我梦见希腊也许仍然自由. (拜伦)


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