ponder
vt. 思索,衡量
vi. 仔细考虑,沉思
If you ponder something, you think about it carefully.
I found myself constantly pondering the question: 'How could anyone do these things?'...
我发现自己总在思考这个问题:“怎么会有人做出这样的事情呢?”
The Prime Minister pondered on when to go to the polls...
首相斟酌着何时前往投票地点。
1. reflect deeply on a subject;
study, consider, ponder, weigh, contemplate
这些动词均有"考虑,思考,估量"之意。
We can ponder over the ways and means for raising funds before the construction work starts.
我们可以在建筑工程开工之前详细考虑各种筹款集资的措施.
You should pause and ponder now.
你现在应该停下来仔细考虑一下.
He often inspires us to ponder over questions this way.
他常用这种方式启发我们思考问题.
The visitor can ponder over the boomerangs used by aborigines at the time of Cook.
来访者可以琢磨琢磨土著人在库克时期用的回飞镖.
Europe had much to ponder beforethe crisis, from ageing populations to energy security.
在危机面前,欧盟有许多问题需要考虑, 从人口老龄化到能源安全.