vt.注視；沉思；打算

It terrified me to contemplate the consequence of your action. 一想到你行動的后果,我就感到害怕。

The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 醫(yī)生細想他要進行的棘手的手術(shù)。

We contemplate obtaining a technical license. 我們希望獲得一項技術(shù)許可證。

He contemplates visiting Beijing. 他打算訪問北京。

contemplate的基本意思是“深思,細想”,指對某事進行仔細的考慮,也可指安靜而莊嚴地對某人或某物“注視,凝視”。contemplate可接名詞、代詞、動名詞或wh-從句作賓語,有時還可接as短語充當(dāng)補足語的復(fù)合賓語。