contemplate

1. V-T If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not. 考虑

For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor. 他曾一度考虑做一名军医。

2. V-T If you contemplate an idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time. 对…考虑再三

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病床上，当他反复考虑自己的未来时他哭了。

3. contemplationN-UNCOUNT 考虑再三

It is a place of quiet contemplation. 这是一个适合静静深思的地方。

4. V-T If you contemplate something or someone, you look at them for a long time. 凝视

He contemplated his hands, still frowning. 他凝视着他的双手，依然皱着眉头。

5. contemplationN-UNCOUNT 凝视

He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape for a while. 他沉湎在对风景的凝视中好一会儿。