contemplative

英 [kənˈtemplətɪv]

美 [kənˈtemplətɪv]

沉思默想的; 深思熟虑的; (对宗教问题)冥想的，敛心默祷的

复数：contemplatives　

医学

BNC.16782 / COCA.14870

牛津词典

• 沉思默想的；深思熟虑的
  thinking quietly and seriously about sth
  1. She was in contemplative mood.
     她陷入沉思之中。
• （对宗教问题）冥想的，敛心默祷的
  spending time thinking deeply about religious matters
  1. the contemplative life (= life in a religious community)
     宗教上的默观生活

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沉思的;冥思的
  Someone who iscontemplativethinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
  1. Martin is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap...
     马丁是个不爱讲话、喜欢沉思默想的小伙子。
  2. I went for long, contemplative walks by the river...
     我沿着河走了很久，默默沉思着。
  3. Life there is slow and contemplative.
     那里的生活节奏舒缓，宜于沉思。

英英释义

noun

• a person devoted to the contemplative life

adj

• deeply or seriously thoughtful
  1. Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
  Synonym:broodingbroodymeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

双语例句

• It was occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood.
  当时他正坐在苹果树下思考问题，突然一只苹果从树上掉下，让他产生了这一想法。
• The natural disaster is cruel but actual which made us scared but contemplative.
  自然灾害是残酷的，这使我们感到更加害怕之外还有沉思（作文地带觉得这个词翻译的不到位，请大家指教，谢谢。）
• I went for long, contemplative walks by the river
  我沿着河走了很久，默默沉思着。
• Had you been a hierarch monk meditating before the temple wall, I would have been burning in the hall as that stick of incense, in your company, for a while, with your contemplative solitude.
  你若曾是面壁的高僧，我必是殿前的那一炷香，焚烧着，陪伴过你一段静穆的时光。
• Her mood was calm and contemplative.
  她情绪平静，似在沉思。
• In his new book ( in reality, a collaboration with several colleagues), Yan presents a softer and more contemplative side.
  在他的新书中（实际上是与几位同事合著），阎学通表现出更为柔和与深思的一面。
• I do not mean that one should be without interest in them, but one's interest should be contemplative and, if possible, philanthropic, but not unduly emotional.
  我不是说对他们应该毫不关心，但是这种关心应该是冷静思考性的，而且，如果可能的话，是慈善救济性的，但不要过于动感情。
• The love of a father for his son or daughter, where it is love at all, is a broad, generous, sad, contemplative giving without thought of return.
  父亲对儿子和女儿的爱，倘使有爱的话，是广大的、慷慨的、认真的，深思远虑而不求报答的给予。
• I guess I'm just feeling contemplative this evening.
  可能今晚我是有点入定了吧。
• One day while taking a contemplative walk he came to a well, looked into it, and saw his donkey shape in the mirror-like water.
  有一次，这小主人出去散步，脑子正在思考着甚么，不觉来到了一口井边。他往水中一瞧，见水面清澈如镜，那儿有自己的驴子模样。