ponder
vt. 思索,衡量
vi. 仔細考慮,沉思
If you ponder something, you think about it carefully.
I found myself constantly pondering the question: 'How could anyone do these things?'...
我發現自己總在思考這個問題:“怎麼會有人做出這樣的事情呢?”
The Prime Minister pondered on when to go to the polls...
首相斟酌著何時前往投票地點。
1. reflect deeply on a subject;
study, consider, ponder, weigh, contemplate
這些動詞均有"考慮,思考,估量"之意。
We can ponder over the ways and means for raising funds before the construction work starts.
我們可以在建築工程開工之前詳細考慮各種籌款集資的措施.
You should pause and ponder now.
你現在應該停下來仔細考慮一下.
He often inspires us to ponder over questions this way.
他常用這種方式啟發我們思考問題.
The visitor can ponder over the boomerangs used by aborigines at the time of Cook.
來訪者可以琢磨琢磨土著人在庫克時期用的回飛鏢.
Europe had much to ponder beforethe crisis, from ageing populations to energy security.
在危機面前,歐盟有許多問題需要考慮, 從人口老齡化到能源安全.