ruminate
英 ['ru?m?ne?t]
美['rum?net]
- vt. 反芻；沉思；反復(fù)思考
- vi. 沉思，反芻
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?ruminates;過(guò)去式:?ruminated;過(guò)去分詞:?ruminated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?ruminating;名詞:?rumination;
中文詞源
ruminate 反芻，沉思，思考
rumin,瘤胃，反芻動(dòng)物的第一個(gè)胃，-ate,使。引申詞義沉思，思考，比喻用法。
英文詞源
- ruminate (v.)
- 1530s, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1540s), from Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminare "to chew the cud; turn over in the mind," from rumen (genitive ruminis) "gullet," of uncertain origin. Related: Ruminated; ruminating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.
- 他的話(huà)值得玩味.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
- 隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng), 人們開(kāi)始對(duì)生活的變化無(wú)常冥思苦想.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.
- 有強(qiáng)迫癥的人通常過(guò)多地思考死亡的問(wèn)題。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. He would ruminate, writing out the issues on his yellow pad.
- 他會(huì)冥思苦想把問(wèn)題寫(xiě)在他的黃色拍紙本上的.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Nixon went to ruminate about how Brezhnev understood American power and Nixon in particular.
- 尼克松接著又追述勃列日涅夫怎樣理解美國(guó)的力量,特別是尼克松的力量.
來(lái)自辭典例句