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单词 cogitation
释义
cogitation
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌkɒdʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑː.dʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/
theactofthinkingverycarefullyabout asubject, or thethoughtsthemselves:
沉思
After some cogitation, shedecidedto say nothing.细想之下，她还是决定什么都不说。
He wasfullyoccupiedwith his own cogitations for theremainderof theride.在接下来的旅程中，他完全沉浸在自己的思考中。
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More examples
  • Heseemeddeepin cogitation.
  • Tired from so muchseriouscogitation, shefallsasleep.
  • She isjoltedfrom her cogitations when thetrainpullsinto astation.
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  • agonize over/aboutsomething
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  • introspect
  • introspection
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  • lateral thinking
  • let me see/let's seeidiom
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  • run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
  • scratch
  • scratchyourheadidiom
  • self-contemplation
  • self-reflection
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(Definition ofcogitationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcogitation

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But behind all these cogitations in high places there is the general public to consider.
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The process is always the same: one year's denunciation, one year'scogitationand one year's affirmation.
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There simply is not time for the consultation andcogitationthat would be necessary.
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Could these part-time firemen not at least come within the same ambit of thought andcogitationas the speedways?
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Again, they have had plenty of time forcogitationabout it.
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We do not want the cogitations of elder states-men in our political and economic life.
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Nearly 12 months'cogitationhas not produced a single penny for those old age pensioners.
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However, it would be impossible to divine what stage its cogitations have reached.
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The result of our cogitations about the convention will be available in the next few weeks.
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Mycogitationabout this sort of person would be no less than about the others and would probably be a great deal more.
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I may be able to offer him small assistance in hiscogitation.
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Has nothing emerged from the 140 days of prolongedcogitationand lucubration which have passed since then?
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We should like to hear the result of the year'scogitationon this question.
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Therefore, any interference with it requires considerablecogitationand cannot be lightly undertaken.
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When can we expect some result of this eighteen months'cogitation?
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