Word familynounponderabilityponderanceponderationpondererpondermentponderosityponderousnessadjectiveponderableponderalponderousverbponderateponderadverbponderinglyponderously
formalTHINK ABOUT to spend time thinking carefully and seriously about a problem, a difficult question, or something that has happened 仔细考虑,深思SYN consider
He continued to ponder the problem as he walked home.
他一边往家走一边继续思考那个问题。
ponder on/over/about
The university board is still pondering over the matter.
大学董事会仍在考虑那个问题。
ponder how/what/whether
Jay stood still for a moment, pondering whether to go or not.
ponder• I ponderedpouring the cappuccinos on the floor and sweeping out but figured he might just shoot me in the foot.• The purpose, I think, is to ponder questions important to human experience.• Webber has been ponderingretirement since June.• Strange, Mowbray pondered, that Adam had not come to see them this Christmas.• We would do well to ponder the anguish of those turbulent years.• I was pondering this alternative when my mind was made up for me by a passing freighter.• She was pondering this in a panic, when she heard the scream of the children and the sound of feet running.• His mind always at work, Alvin pondered ways to make such programs more appealing to unsophisticatedaudiences.
ADVERB | VERB + PONDER | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤carefully, deeply, hard, seriously仔細考慮;深思▸➤(for) a moment考慮一會兒◇She pondered for a moment before replying.她回答前考慮了一會兒。➤quietly, silently靜靜地思考➤aloud自言自語◇She pondered aloud the question of what should be done.她大聲地自言自語應該怎麼辦。VERB + PONDER➤leave sb to讓某人思考◇He walked out of the room, leaving me to ponder what he had just said.他走出了房間,留下我思考他剛才說過的話。➤be forced to被迫思考➤pause to, stop to停下來思考◇Spencer stopped to ponder the thought.斯潘塞停下來考慮那個想法。PREPOSITION➤about考慮⋯◇This was something I had been pondering about for some time.這是我之前一段時間以來一直考慮的事。➤on思考⋯◇I walked up the stairs, pondering on her reaction to my news.我一邊上樓一邊考慮她對我帶去的消息的反應。➤over考慮⋯◇I pondered hard over the reply to his letter.我絞盡腦汁考慮該如何給他回信。