ruminate

英 [ˈruː.mɪ.neɪt]      美 [ˈruː.mə.neɪt]
  • vt. 反刍;沉思;反复思考
  • vi. 沉思,反刍
星级词汇:
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ruminate 反刍,沉思,思考

rumin,瘤胃,反刍动物的第一个胃,-ate,使。引申词义沉思,思考,比喻用法。

ruminate (v.)
1530s, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1540s), from Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminare "to chew the cud; turn over in the mind," from rumen (genitive ruminis) "gullet," of uncertain origin. Related: Ruminated; ruminating.
1. It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.
他的话值得玩味.
2. As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
随着年龄的增长, 人们开始对生活的变化无常冥思苦想.
3. Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.
有强迫症的人通常过多地思考死亡的问题。
4. He would ruminate, writing out the issues on his yellow pad.
他会冥思苦想把问题写在他的黄色拍纸本上的.
5. Nixon went to ruminate about how Brezhnev understood American power and Nixon in particular.
尼克松接着又追述勃列日涅夫怎样理解美国的力量,特别是尼克松的力量.

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