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

• According to our Western understanding, the awakening of Kundalini energy is the awakening of the life force within our bodies, and is usually stimulated by contemplative, meditative practices.
  根据我们西方的理解，唤醒生命能量，是唤醒我们身体内生命的力量，它通常被刺激经由静观与打坐。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A roof terrace allows users to discover a contemplative space defined by the cityscape.
  屋顶平台在城市形态的作用下为使用者提供了一处静思空间。
• I guess I'm just feeling contemplative this evening.
  可能今晚我是有点入定了吧。
• December has always been the high month for those of a contemplative turn.
  对于那些性喜沉思的人来说十二月可是最合适的月份。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。