contemplation
/ˌkɒntemˈpleɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time注视, 凝视：
the road is too busy for leisurely contemplation of the scenery.
路上的交通太繁忙了, 无暇欣赏景色。
1.1
- deep reflective thought沉思; 深思：
he would retire to his room for study or contemplation.
他要回房学习或思考去了。
1.2
- the state of being thought about or planned打算, 意图; 预期：
substantial fitting work is in contemplation.
计划进行大规模装修。
1.3
- religious meditation（宗教上的）冥思, 冥想; 默念, 默想。
1.4
- (in Christian spirituality) a form of prayer or meditation in which a person seeks to pass beyond mental images and concepts to a direct experience of the divine（基督教灵性的）敛心默祷; 出神（尽力超越心中的形象与概念, 直接与神相通）。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin contemplatio（n-）, from the verb contemplari （see CONTEMPLATE）.