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.