
meditate基本信息
读法:英 ["medɪteɪt] 美 ["mɛdɪtet]
释义:
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英英释义
Verb:
"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
meditate 沉思,冥想
来自拉丁语meditari,沉思,思考,考虑,来自PIE*med,测量,考虑,词源同measure,medical.引申词义沉思,冥想。也有可能来自拉丁语medius,中间的,词源同middle.即思考天人之间的联系。比较mediator.
- meditate (v.)
- 1580s, "to ponder," back-formation from meditation, or else from Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (see meditation). Related: Meditated; meditating.
词态变化
第三人称单数 meditates;
过去式 meditated;
过去分词 meditated;
现在分词 meditating;
权威造句
- 1. That"s when I try to meditate or do some deep-breathing exercises.
- 这时我就会试着沉思或者做些深呼吸练习。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is important to meditate on the meaning of life.
- 思考人生的意义很重要.
来自辞典例句
- 3. It was only to sit in his own rooms in a neighbouring hotel and meditate.
- 那不过是要坐在附近旅馆他自己的房间里沉思默想罢了.
来自辞典例句
- 4. And by then Clyde had had considerable time to meditate on all of these youths.
- 这时候,克莱得已经有相当充分的时间思量所有这些年轻人.
来自辞典例句
- 5. I swear that I meditate no harm; I don"t desire to cause any disturbance.
- 我发誓我不想害人; 我并不想引起任何乱子.
来自辞典例句
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些动词均有“思考、判断、思索”之意。think一般用词,指开动脑筋形成看法或得出结论的脑力活动。不着重结论是否正确,见解是否有用。
deliberate指缓慢、按部就班地作仔细而认真的思考或判断。
meditate语气较强,指认真地长时间集中精力进行思考。
muse通常指漫无目的地猜想。
reason指根据资料、证据或事实进行推断,作出结论或判断的逻辑思维活动。
reflect指回想或回顾,侧重认真而冷静地反复地思考某个问题,尤指对已发生事情的思索。
speculate指推论过程,隐含在证据不足的基础上作出推测或设想。
记忆方法
1. PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise, take appropriate measures" => meditate.
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