| 单词 | premeditate |
| 释义 | premeditate (once / 2476 pages) v When you premeditate, you are planning ahead. While most people associate this word with crime, let's hope you can think of a better reason to premeditate — like buying groceries before a storm. When you meditate, you think deeply. The prefix pre- means “before,” so to premeditate means to think about a situation before you’ve jumped into it. If you’ve ever cooked a meal, you’ve premeditated the ingredients you need to get started. In a courtroom you’ll hear about "premeditated murder," which means the accused killer planned out his crime and it wasn’t a crime of passion. Premeditating can be a good thing, but not when it involves murder. WORD FAMILYpremeditate: premeditated, premeditating, premeditation+/meditate: meditated, meditates, meditating, meditation, meditative, premeditate/meditation: meditations/meditative: meditatively, meditativeness/premeditated: premeditatedly, unpremeditated/premeditation: premeditations/unpremeditated: unpremeditatedly USAGE EXAMPLES“This would be a textbook case of deliberate, premeditated murder,” Debelius, the judge, said. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for premeditated murder. Reuters(Dec 13, 2016) And for his attack on Judge Curiel, that was also premeditated and against the advice of staff. Time(Dec 01, 2016) 1v consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand premeditated murder Hyper consider, debate, deliberate, moot, turn over think about carefully; weigh 2v think or reflect beforehand or in advance I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake Hyper chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over reflect deeply on a subject |
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