| 单词 | ponder |
| 释义 | ponder (once / 450 pages) v "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" is the first line of Edgar Allen Poe's poem The Raven. Many a deep thinker has repeated it while musing. But if you've given up deep thinking, you may say instead, "Nevermore." Think of ponder as reflecting on weighty thoughts. It will help you remember the definition if you can remember the word's Latin roots. It comes from ponderare, which literally meant to weigh, and pondus, which means weight. People sometimes use the word ironically, for example, when someone asks you to do something you really don't want to do. You may tap your chin for a second and say, "Let me ponder that." Pause. "Um, no!" WORD FAMILYponder: ponderable, pondered, ponderer, pondering, ponders+/imponderable: imponderables, imponderably/ponderable: imponderable, ponderably/ponderer: ponderers/pondering: ponderingly USAGE EXAMPLESWealthier Americans might ponder the future of football, Irvin said, but poor and middle-class kids were betting their future on football. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The artist prefers to ponder her subjects as they contemplate. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) So let’s look at one of the questions FDA asked the panel to ponder: Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) v reflect deeply on a subject Syn|Hypo|Hyper chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over premeditate think or reflect beforehand or in advance theologise, theologizemake theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects introspectreflect on one's own thoughts and feelings bethinkconsider or ponder something carefully cogitateconsider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind question, wonderplace in doubt or express doubtful speculation puzzlebe uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide consider, studygive careful consideration to factor, factor in, factor outconsider as relevant when making a decision compare, equate, likenconsider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous scruplehave doubts about cerebrate, cogitate, think use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
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