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单词 contemplative
释义
contemplative
adjective
uk
/kənˈtem.plə.tɪv/us
/kənˈtem.plə.t̬ɪv/
involvingquietandseriousthoughtfor aperiodoftime:
Hermoodwascalmand contemplative.
Peoplebegantolistentomusicin contemplativesilence.
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  • Maxwell'slifewas notoutwardlyexcitingorfullofincident, butquietand contemplative.
  • She wasbeginningtoyearnfor a contemplativelife.
  • He wasn't always ascalmlycontemplative as he was in his latework.
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  • sunk
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  • thoughtful
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(Definition ofcontemplativefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontemplative

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Mostly the songs are slow, still, ecstaticallycontemplative, extended in their development.
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What signifies the projects ofcontemplativemen if the hammer and the lathe are not employed to call their ideas into existence?
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By these speculations,contemplativeheads, who else might dangerously have busied themselves about state affairs, were finally moped and diverted.
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Additionally, both are dark,contemplativespaces with controlled lighting - the museum receives no daylight and the library has a small window above its built-in desk.
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In all of these works, carefully conceived microphone techniques create intimate experiences which draw the audience into acontemplativeworld of small ethereal sounds.
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My fourth point is that acontemplativearchaeology is a 'path of preparation' that leads beyond archaeology's contemporary anchorage in traditional anthropocentric metaphysics.
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In this sense, the largest or greatest pleasure completes the most excellent kind of activity, namely,contemplativeactivity.
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It begins with alternating strands of quietcontemplativeand lively dance-like music and then, after a fluttering settling section, closes with serene slow music.
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If thecontemplativethemselves have to reconcile the active and thecontemplativelives within, this process is mirrored, as it were, externally.
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Visitors arriving at the picnic area may sit on the grass collectively or enter thecontemplativerooms individually, departing the way they came.
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In fact all three movements end in a fading pianissimo, lending the work an elegiac,contemplativecharacter.
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Interlacing solos shape the fabric of this serene,contemplativeslow movement, weaving a fragile, kaleidoscopic skein of gossamer beauty.
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Those who are trulycontemplativeand have renounced the world are supported by the worldly.
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Its doom-laden atmosphere does not precludecontemplativepassages, but the implacability of its gradual build-up into a massive climax is memorably disquieting.
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In many religious andcontemplativetraditions, age has been considered a symbol for wisdom and transcendence.
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