ponder是什么意思_ponder怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

reflect deeply on a subject;"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
"The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

中英词源

ponder 沉思，考虑

来自法语ponderer,称量，平衡，使稳定，来自拉丁语ponderare,悬挂，称量，思考，来自pendere,悬挂，称量，词源同pendulum,pensive.引申词义沉思，考虑。

ponder: ponder: [14] To ponder something is etymologically to ‘weigh’ it up. The word comes via Old French ponderer from Latin ponderāre ‘weigh’, hence ‘consider’ (source also of English preponderate [17]). This was derived from pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponderous [14]), a relative of pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English compendium [16], compensate [17], dispense, expense, pansy, pension [14], pensive [14], peseta [19], poise [15], and spend) and pendēre ‘hang’ (from which English gets pendant, pendulum, etc).

Also closely related is English pound, the unit of weight.
=> compendium, compensate, dispense, expense, pansy, pendant, pendulum, pension, pensive, peseta, poise, pound, preponderate, spend
ponder (v.): early 14c., "to estimate the worth of, to appraise," from Old French ponderer "to weigh, poise" (14c., Modern French pondérer) and directly from Latin ponderare "ponder, consider, reflect," literally "to weigh," from pondus (genitive ponderis) "weigh" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "to weigh a matter mentally" is attested from late 14c. Related: Pondered; pondering; ponderation.

词态变化

第三人称单数 ponders;
过去式 pondered;
过去分词 pondered;
现在分词 pondering;

权威造句

1. 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.

2. They would do well to pause and ponder upon their new responsibilities.: 人们最好还是停一停,好好地想一想自己所负的新责任.

3. Face west, all you plump old men, and ponder your tropic fates.: 退休老人们啊, 面向西方, 为你们那莫测的祸福祈祷吧.

4. You should pause and ponder now.: 你现在应该停下来仔细考虑一下.

5. He sits to ponder his misfortune there.: 他坐在那里沉思着他的不幸.

近反义词

consider 考虑

contemplate 注视

deliberate 深思熟虑的

muse 沉思

think over 仔细考虑

mull over 仔细考虑

think about 考虑

wonder about 对 ... 好奇

brood over 郁闷地沉思, 沮丧地苦想...

meditate 沉思

weigh up 衡量

reflect 反映

brood 一窝

think 认为

study 研究

over 在 ... 的上方...

ruminate 深思

pore 毛孔

weigh 衡量

mull 思索

excogitate 想出

speculate 推测

chew over 仔细考虑

相似短语

ponder on 考虑,思考,思索

ponder over 考虑,思考,思索

pause and ponder 停下来思考,踌躇,犹豫不决

Cooke Ponder method 【医】科-庞二氏法(白细胞分类)

Ponder Kinyoun stain 【医】庞-金二氏染剂(染白喉杆菌)

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. 胖人不爱运动，爱思考.

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