contemplating

英 [ˈkɒntəmpleɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈkɑːntəmpleɪtɪŋ]

v.  考虑; 思量; 思忖; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑; 沉思; 苦思冥想
contemplate的现在分词

现在分词：contemplating　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 考虑;思量;思忖
  If youcontemplatean action, you think about whether to do it or not.
  1. For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor...
     有段时间，他考虑去当军医。
  2. She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.
     她考虑为了孩子而离开。
• VERB 深思熟虑;沉思;苦思冥想
  If youcontemplatean idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time.
  1. As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future...
     那天晚上，他躺在医院的病床上，想到未来，他哭了起来。
  2. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.
     那让人难以认真思考这个可能，即目前的政策也许并不能持续下去。
• VERB 凝视;注视
  If youcontemplatesomething or someone, you look at them for a long time.
  1. He contemplated his hands, still frowning.
     他盯着自己的双手，眉头紧锁。

双语例句

• These sorts of role models provide terrific inspiration for those contemplating a new venture.
  这些榜样为那些正在考虑创业的人提供了极好的激励。
• I hope you're not contemplating a jump?
  我希望你不是想跳下去吧？
• He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company
  他继续暗示他确实在考虑对公司进行一次大改组。
• They have occupied our Taiwan and the Taiwan Straits and are contemplating an atomic war.
  他们侵占中国的台湾和台湾海峡，还想发动原子战争。
• I lay in bed contemplating what I should do.
  我躺在床上思考该做什么。
• She is seriously contemplating divorce; she sees no other option.
  她认真地考虑离婚，看来没有其它选择。
• Don't be contemplating the universe with anybody.
  不要再和任何人谈论宇宙。
• Few investors or policymakers seem to be seriously contemplating this scenario.
  目前，似乎很少有投资者或决策者认真考虑这种假设。
• I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifestyle.
  我开车回家，一路上思考着自己更为乏味的生活方式。
• For the first time I hear of companies contemplating leaving the country altogether.
  我第一次听说有（外国）企业考虑完全撤离中国。