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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the contrary, he had to think of everything familiar to him, in his contemplative moods and in his wanderings about the house, as being to be parted with; and hence the many things he had to think of, all day long.
  相反的，当他在房屋里四处漫步的时候，他不得不想到他所熟悉的一切事物，因为他即将与它们分离；因此他整天就不得不想到许多事情。
• 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。
• His daughter looks back on a man in search of free expression and a more contemplative way of life.
  他的女儿回忆了这个男人如何追求表达自由与更富于思省的生活方式。
• Life there is slow and contemplative.
  那里的生活节奏舒缓，宜于沉思。
• A contemplative man, but an active man.
  一个沉思的人，同时也是个活跃的人。
• 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。