单词详解 | meditate

meditate
音标
英音/ ˈmedɪteɪt / 美音/ ˈmedɪteɪt /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
“Archive of Mind,” a participatory work by South Korea’s Kimsooja, is an invitation to meditate on life, art and communal actions — or perhaps just to empty your mind while enjoying a lovely view.
韩国 Kimsooja 的参与性作品《心灵档案》邀请人们思考生活、艺术和公共行动,或者只是在欣赏美景的同时放空思绪。
Washington Post

The National Labor Relations Board, which is tasked with overseeing and meditating labor disputes, saw a 53% jump in new union petitions last year compared to 2021.
负责监督和调解劳资纠纷的国家劳动关系委员会去年收到的新工会请愿书比 2021 年增加了 53%。
Washington Times

I now spend my time meditating and chanting god’s name to distract myself.
我现在花时间冥想和念诵神的名字来分散自己的注意力。
BBC

基本释意
verb
reflect deeply on a subject
(宗教中)默想,冥想;思考,沉思(meditate on/upon);暗自策划,谋划

同义词
chew over,contemplate,excogitate,mull,mull over,muse,ponder,reflect,ruminate,speculate,think over,contemplate,study

短释义
When you meditate, you focus on your breathing while sitting calmly. Some people mediate to reduce stress, while others see it as part of their spiritual practice. Meditate can also be used to describe any deep thinking you do, like when you meditate on what to say to a friend who is feeling sad lately. The Latin word for “ponder,” meditari, is the root of meditate.
当你冥想时,你会为了放松或精神原因而默默地平静或集中你的思想。经常冥想的人可以停止杂乱的思绪,减少分心。

长释义
When you meditate, you focus on your breathing while sitting calmly. Some people mediate to reduce stress, while others see it as part of their spiritual practice. Meditate can also be used to describe any deep thinking you do, like when you meditate on what to say to a friend who is feeling sad lately. The Latin word for “ponder,” meditari, is the root of meditate.
当你冥想时,你会平静地坐着,专注于呼吸。有些人通过冥想来减轻压力,而另一些人则将其视为精神实践的一部分。冥想也可以用来形容你所做的任何深刻的思考,比如当你思考该对最近感到悲伤的朋友说些什么时。拉丁语中“沉思”的意思是“meditari”,是“冥想”的词根。

文学例句
He sat for a long time within the arms of a green, black, and gold leaf lounge chair, sipping coffee and meditating about the next few hours.
他在一张绿色、黑色和金箔躺椅的怀里坐了很长时间,一边喝着咖啡,一边沉思着接下来的几个小时。
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Mong just stared out at the ocean without blinking like he was meditating.
蒙只是盯着大海,没有眨眼,就像在冥想一样。
We Were Here by Matt De La Peña

So sometimes he surrendered to these feelings, and again he bit his lips and meditated with the books throughout the night.
所以有时他会屈服于这些感觉,然后他再次咬住嘴唇,整夜对着书本进行冥想。
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

词源
meditate (v.)1580s, “to ponder, think abstractly, engage in mental contemplation” (intransitive), probably a back-formation from meditation, or else from Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari “to meditate, think over, reflect, consider,” frequentative form of PIE root *med- “take appropriate measures.” From 1590s as “to plan in the mind,” also “to employ the mind in thought or contemplation,” especially in a religious way. Related: Meditated; meditating.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
meditate (v.)1580s,“思考,抽象地思考,进行精神沉思”(不及物),可能是冥想的反向形成,或者来自拉丁语 meditatus,meditari 的过去分词“冥想,思考,反思,考虑,”PIE 词根的常用形式 *med-“采取适当的措施。”从 1590 年代开始,被称为“在头脑中计划”,也“在思想或沉思中运用头脑”,尤其是以宗教的方式。相关:冥想;冥想。相关条目及更多


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