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

• 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。
• In this sense one can say that the documentation of time& based art erases the difference between vita activa and vita contemplative.
  从这个意义上人们可以说对时间为基础的艺术的文献记录抹杀了行动的生活与沉思的生活的差别。
• 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。
• For if every way to a solution is barred, one would have to regard any action in this world as entirely ineffective, and one would arrive finally at a contemplative philosophy.
  因为如果每一条解决事物之道被阻断了，那么我们就不得不视在这世界上的任何行为都是徒劳无益的，我们最后就会走到一种瞑想的哲学里去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I guess I'm just feeling contemplative this evening.
  可能今晚我是有点入定了吧。
• Her mood was calm and contemplative.
  她情绪平静，似在沉思。
• 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。