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单词 deliberation
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Definition of deliberation in English:

deliberation

noun dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃ(ə)ndəˌlɪbəˈreɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1Long and careful consideration or discussion.

    深思,考虑;研究,审议

    after much deliberation we arrived at a compromise

    再三考虑之后我们达成了妥协。

    count noun the commission's deliberations

    委员会的审议。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The council also invites private-sector observers to join their deliberations.
    • Although we don't actually get to cast a vote, it's hard not to become involved in the deliberations.
    • The jury was resuming its deliberations today to consider verdicts on two remaining charges.
    • Yet no major initiatives are expected to emerge from the deliberations.
    • The judges resumed their deliberations without the aid workers yesterday, who did not appear on the trial's fifth day.
    • The discussions and deliberations which transpired over this period have been treated as a state secret.
    • The length of their deliberations surprised me after the brutality of the crime.
    • Whether we will be able to come to agreement on this we don't yet know, as the reference group has not yet completed its deliberations.
    • All business reports have been submitted and the judging panel is in the course of making its deliberations.
    • I said to them that in their deliberations they should consider the ten pensioners' flats adjacent.
    • It was a six-month-long process of detailed deliberations and consultations.
    • Some people feel that it is a bad idea for jurors to discuss their deliberations.
    • Jurors with nicotine addictions are let out during deliberations to smoke.
    • There are tight legal restrictions on discussing real jury deliberations.
    • These people did not go easy on her in their deliberations, from all appearances.
    • After two days deliberations they returned a guilty verdict by a majority of 10-2.
    • They asserted that deliberations had focused more on the interests of the elite than those of the general public.
    • Both sides had been playing as though still searching for their fluency, even simply for a meaning to their deliberations.
    • Council discussed the prospective sales during budget deliberations this month.
    • Social partnership is subjected to no democratic accountability and its deliberations are carried out in secret.
    Synonyms
    thought, thinking, consideration, reflection, contemplation, cogitation, pondering, weighing up, musing, meditation, rumination, brooding
    discussion, debate, consultation, conferring
    rare excogitation, cerebration
  • 2Slow and careful movement or thought.

    谨慎的行动(或思考)

    he replaced the glass on the table with deliberation

    他小心翼翼地把玻璃杯放回到桌子上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had been striding back and forth, rubbing his chin in deliberation at an agonizingly slow pace.
    • Again and again, with slow deliberation, the whale approaches the boat.
    • Again, he fired but this time taking great care and deliberation with each pull of the trigger.
    • Arms vertically extended, I turned with the slow deliberation of a cornered felon.
    • With a slow deliberation she folded it and held it out to him with a playful innocence that made him want to rush over to her and kiss her.
    • Bold bedrooms may look free, but remember that they have been put together with deliberation, care and discipline.
    • The work of the Code revision committee proceeded with calculated deliberation.
    • No bill, no matter how great it is in substance, will be able to do that without care and great deliberation.
    • I looked over the reef to see large shadows moving with slow deliberation way below.
    • Morgan smirks and with slow deliberation, sorts through the pile of books on the desk.
    • Tanned and looking younger than he is, he speaks with slow deliberation, well aware of the power of the spoken word.
    Synonyms
    care, carefulness, lack of haste, steadiness
    caution, slowness, laboriousness, ponderousness

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin deliberatio(n-), from deliberare 'consider carefully' (see deliberate).

Definition of deliberation in US English:

deliberation

noundəˌlɪbəˈreɪʃ(ə)ndəˌlibəˈrāSH(ə)n
  • 1Long and careful consideration or discussion.

    深思,考虑;研究,审议

    after much deliberation we arrived at a compromise

    再三考虑之后我们达成了妥协。

    the commission's deliberations

    委员会的审议。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are tight legal restrictions on discussing real jury deliberations.
    • Council discussed the prospective sales during budget deliberations this month.
    • Whether we will be able to come to agreement on this we don't yet know, as the reference group has not yet completed its deliberations.
    • Yet no major initiatives are expected to emerge from the deliberations.
    • Jurors with nicotine addictions are let out during deliberations to smoke.
    • The council also invites private-sector observers to join their deliberations.
    • It was a six-month-long process of detailed deliberations and consultations.
    • Social partnership is subjected to no democratic accountability and its deliberations are carried out in secret.
    • All business reports have been submitted and the judging panel is in the course of making its deliberations.
    • The length of their deliberations surprised me after the brutality of the crime.
    • Although we don't actually get to cast a vote, it's hard not to become involved in the deliberations.
    • These people did not go easy on her in their deliberations, from all appearances.
    • They asserted that deliberations had focused more on the interests of the elite than those of the general public.
    • The judges resumed their deliberations without the aid workers yesterday, who did not appear on the trial's fifth day.
    • Some people feel that it is a bad idea for jurors to discuss their deliberations.
    • The jury was resuming its deliberations today to consider verdicts on two remaining charges.
    • I said to them that in their deliberations they should consider the ten pensioners' flats adjacent.
    • Both sides had been playing as though still searching for their fluency, even simply for a meaning to their deliberations.
    • The discussions and deliberations which transpired over this period have been treated as a state secret.
    • After two days deliberations they returned a guilty verdict by a majority of 10-2.
    Synonyms
    thought, thinking, consideration, reflection, contemplation, cogitation, pondering, weighing up, musing, meditation, rumination, brooding
  • 2Slow and careful movement or thought.

    谨慎的行动(或思考)

    he replaced the glass on the table with deliberation

    他小心翼翼地把玻璃杯放回到桌子上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Again, he fired but this time taking great care and deliberation with each pull of the trigger.
    • I looked over the reef to see large shadows moving with slow deliberation way below.
    • Morgan smirks and with slow deliberation, sorts through the pile of books on the desk.
    • Tanned and looking younger than he is, he speaks with slow deliberation, well aware of the power of the spoken word.
    • Bold bedrooms may look free, but remember that they have been put together with deliberation, care and discipline.
    • No bill, no matter how great it is in substance, will be able to do that without care and great deliberation.
    • Arms vertically extended, I turned with the slow deliberation of a cornered felon.
    • The work of the Code revision committee proceeded with calculated deliberation.
    • Again and again, with slow deliberation, the whale approaches the boat.
    • He had been striding back and forth, rubbing his chin in deliberation at an agonizingly slow pace.
    • With a slow deliberation she folded it and held it out to him with a playful innocence that made him want to rush over to her and kiss her.
    Synonyms
    care, carefulness, lack of haste, steadiness

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin deliberatio(n-), from deliberare ‘consider carefully’ (see deliberate).

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