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

• Carl Ryden has issued this exact message to contemplative types at big companies.
  卡尔·赖登（CarlRyden）对那些沉思冥想的大公司已经发出了确切信息。
• If a few of us became contemplative, kind and compassionate even if it is for a few hours because of this incident, may the merit from it make little Wang Yue be reborn in the pure realms.
  如果因为这件事，我们当中的一些人，变得懂得深思、懂得怜悯，即便这个善念只有短短数个小时，愿如是功德能让小悦悦投生净土。
• Her mood was calm and contemplative.
  她情绪平静，似在沉思。
• Along the dusty road is a meandering, contemplative and soul-stirring journey.
  沿着蜿蜒曲折的道路尘土飞扬，思惟、惊心动魄的旅程。
• Life there is slow and contemplative.
  那里的生活节奏舒缓，宜于沉思。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The love of a father for his son or daughter, where it is love at all, is a broad, generous, sad, contemplative giving without thought of return.
  父亲对儿子和女儿的爱，倘使有爱的话，是广大的、慷慨的、认真的，深思远虑而不求报答的给予。
• One day while taking a contemplative walk he came to a well, looked into it, and saw his donkey shape in the mirror-like water.
  有一次，这小主人出去散步，脑子正在思考着甚么，不觉来到了一口井边。他往水中一瞧，见水面清澈如镜，那儿有自己的驴子模样。