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

• Life, the most important is to live a comfortable, quiet, contemplative life, if just a few decades to reach such a realm, it shall not live in vain.
  人生在世，最重要的是过一种舒适、宁静、沉思的生活，如果短短的几十年能够达到这样的境界，那就不虚此生。
• 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。
• Her mood was calm and contemplative.
  她情绪平静，似在沉思。
• 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。
• In many aboriginal cultures, a question will be answered only after a period of contemplative silence.
  在许多土著文化中，一个问题提出后，只有在沉默中思考之后，才会有人回答。
• Cedarquist looked after him with contemplative interest.
  西达奎斯特若有所思地、满有兴味地冲着他的背影望望。
• Let's join hands and hearts as a contemplative community and act together in the love of excellence, the gratitude of being and the hope for peace and prosperity.
  大家一齐以一个冥想的群体，联手和一心一意，于卓超之爱中，感恩现在和希望和平繁荣来一起行动。
• It's hard to believe that both of you love a contemplative holiday.
  很难想象，你们两个人都喜爱沉静的假期。
• Had his genius been only contemplative, he had been fitted to his life, but with his energy and practical ability he seemed born for great enterprise and for command;
  如果他的才能仅仅在冥想，那他这一生也没什么可说，可他的精力和实际能力仿佛生来就是为了从事伟业和统领。
• 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。