meditate

英 ['med?te?t] 美['m?d?tet]
  • vt. 考慮；計(jì)劃；企圖
  • vi. 冥想；沉思
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詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?meditates;過(guò)去式:?meditated;過(guò)去分詞:?meditated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?meditating;

助記提示

1. PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise, take appropriate measures" => meditate.

中文詞源

meditate 沉思，冥想

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)meditari,沉思，思考，考慮，來(lái)自PIE*med,測(cè)量，考慮，詞源同measure,medical.引申詞義沉思，冥想。也有可能來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)medius,中間的，詞源同middle.即思考天人之間的聯(lián)系。比較mediator.

英文詞源

meditate (v.)
1580s, "to ponder," back-formation from meditation, or else from Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (see meditation). Related: Meditated; meditating.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. That's when I try to meditate or do some deep-breathing exercises.
這時(shí)我就會(huì)試著沉思或者做些深呼吸練習(xí)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. It is important to meditate on the meaning of life.
思考人生的意義很重要.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. It was only to sit in his own rooms in a neighbouring hotel and meditate.
那不過(guò)是要坐在附近旅館他自己的房間里沉思默想罷了.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. And by then Clyde had had considerable time to meditate on all of these youths.
這時(shí)候,克萊得已經(jīng)有相當(dāng)充分的時(shí)間思量所有這些年輕人.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. I swear that I meditate no harm; I don't desire to cause any disturbance.
我發(fā)誓我不想害人; 我并不想引起任何亂子.

來(lái)自辭典例句