ponder

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  • v.〈正式〉深思；仔细考虑
  • Web沉思；思考；思索
Past Tense：pondered  Present Participle：pondering  Simple Present：ponders  

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ponder
v.
1.
沉思；考虑；琢磨to think about sth carefully for a period of time
She pondered over his words.
她反复琢磨他的话。
They were left to ponder on the implications of the announcement.
交由他们去琢磨这项宣告的含义。
The senator pondered the question for a moment.
这位参议员考虑了一下这个问题。
They are pondering whether the money could be better used elsewhere.
他们正在斟酌能否把钱花到其他更适当的地方。
‘I wonder why,’ she pondered aloud.
“我想知道为什么。”她边想边说。

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AllAll,〈正式〉深思〈正式〉深思,仔细考虑仔细考虑,沉思沉思,思考思考,思索思索
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1.
'Step back and let yourself ponder over it for a week or ten days, ' says Ms. Padmanabhan. 'Time mellows down reactions'
帕德马纳班表示，“退一步，花一个星期或者十天的时间认真地考虑一下，时间会让你的反应变得平和起来。”
pà dé mǎ nà bān biǎo shì , " tuì yī bù , huā yī gè xīng qī huò zhě shí tiān de shí jiān rèn zhēn de kǎo lǜ yí xià , shí jiān huì ràng nǐ de fǎn yìng biàn de píng hé qǐ lái 。 "
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2.
He craned his neck to ponder it for a moment, and then got back into his armored Mercedes to go take a tour of the local mall.
他伸长脖子思索了片刻，然后钻进了他的装甲奔驰去参观当地商场。
tā shēn cháng bó zǐ sī suǒ le piàn kè , rán hòu zuān jìn le tā de zhuāng jiǎ bēn chí qù cān guān dāng dì shāng chǎng 。
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3.
The fool was abashed and began to ponder gloomily how he might put an end to these unpleasant rumours.
愚人感到羞愧，于是开始忧郁地思考他该怎样对这些令人不快的谣传做个了断。
yú rén gǎn dào xiū kuì , yú shì kāi shǐ yōu yù de sī kǎo tā gāi zěn yàng duì zhè xiē lìng rén bú kuài de yáo chuán zuò gè liǎo duàn 。
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4.
And I'm going to tell you that story here in a moment. But before I do, I just want you to ponder this graph for a moment.
我稍后会在这告诉大家这个故事，不过在此之前，我只想请大家仔细想想这个图表。
wǒ shāo hòu huì zài zhè gào su dà jiā zhè ge gù shi , bú guò zài cǐ zhī qián , wǒ zhǐ xiǎng qǐng dà jiā zǐ xì xiǎng xiǎng zhè ge tú biǎo 。
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5.
He is the first one to let me realize, the ponder is an education part, but I also am may form some valuable opinion.
他是第一个让我意识到，思考是教育的一部分，而我也是可以形成某种有价值的意见的。
tā shì dì yī gè ràng wǒ yì shí dào , sī kǎo shì jiào yù de yí bù fen , ér wǒ yě shì kě yǐ xíng chéng mǒu zhǒng yǒu jià zhí de yì jiàn de 。
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6.
You ponder the state of life you are fantasizing as if you were physically real instead of a thought.
你沉思想象的生命状态，好像你的物理层面真的代替了思考。
nǐ chén sī xiǎng xiàng de shēng mìng zhuàng tài , hǎo xiàng nǐ de wù lǐ céng miàn zhēn de dài tì le sī kǎo 。
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7.
Forget everything you think you know about China and take a couple minutes to ponder these images.
放下之前对中国的印象，用几分钟欣赏这些图片。
fàng xià zhī qián duì zhōng guó de yìn xiàng , yòng jǐ fēn zhōng xīn shǎng zhè xiē tú piàn 。
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8.
The ordinary meaning of that word - to ponder over, to consider, to think about - is rather trivial and ordinary.
那个词的通常含义是指，思索，考虑，这种含义是相当琐碎而普通的。
nà ge cí de tōng cháng hán yì shì zhǐ , sī suǒ , kǎo lǜ , zhè zhǒng hán yì shì xiāng dāng suǒ suì ér pǔ tōng de 。
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9.
Looking at my journal, I read the past time shared between us, and write what I feel now, and ponder our future.
打开日记本，这里面装的都是我和方的昨天。我认真记录着今天，也憧憬着我们的明天。
dǎ kāi rì jì běn , zhè lǐ miàn zhuāng de dōu shì wǒ hé fāng de zuó tiān 。 wǒ rèn zhēn jì lù zhe jīn tiān , yě chōng jǐng zhe wǒ men de míng tiān 。
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At this point, it may be useful to ponder a bit on the concept of document-based security.
此时，稍许认真考虑一下基于文档的安全性概念可能很有用。
cǐ shí , shāo xǔ rèn zhēn kǎo lǜ yí xià jī yú wén dàng de ān quán xìng gài niàn kě néng hěn yǒu yòng 。
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