| 单词 | deliberate |
| 释义 | de·lib·er·ate I. 1. < a deliberate judgement > < there is no deliberate study of it; haphazard thoughts occupy the place of rational conclusions — Herbert Spencer > 2. < deliberate mischief > < a deliberate lie > < it was no accidental meeting of fugitive glances … a deliberate communication — Joseph Conrad > 3. < a deliberate man, slow to anger but ruthless when aroused > < he had not heard her heavy deliberate tread on the now uncarpeted stair — Willa Cather > < deliberate in speech > Synonyms: < before the United States could obtain an admission from Palmerston that the attack on the Caroline had been deliberate and official — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager > < cautious, deliberate, methodical, he was in no danger, she felt, of plunging precipitately into marriage — Ellen Glasgow > < her methodicalness made her suicide more deliberate. Her self-possession was frightening — W.S.Maugham > considered, not usually applied to questionable acts, suggests careful study and soundness and maturity of judgment < in my considered opinion > < a fitting object to be called, by those who suspect all men of considered opinions and of wide systematized views, a dogmatist — Contemporary Review > advised, now used mostly with deprecatory modifying adverbs, means so well thought out that possible criticisms and objections can be readily answered and doubts resolved < the very proper young man felt well advised to sound out the parents before proposing to the girl > premeditated emphasizes previous planning and intent but does not necessarily indicate consideration of consequences < both first and second degree murder (laying aside the exceptions which I thought it unnecessary to state) require an intent to kill, but in the one instance it is deliberate and premeditated intent and in the other it is not — B.N.Cardozo > designed indicates intent and plan, perhaps despite appearances of spontaneity and naturalness < perhaps the humor of this ruling was more unwitting than designed — B.N.Cardozo > studied connotes absence of spontaneity and presence of cool deliberateness, painstaking effort, or careful attention < the student began to feel that the teacher's oppression of him was a studied effort > < the themes of these chaste exercises are often of a studied thinness. You may find that the author is disclaiming, almost anxiously, the idea of tarnishing the minute mirror of his sensibilities with any breath of thought — C.E.Montague > Synonym: see in addition slow, voluntary. II. transitive verb < he is deliberating what to do > < the committee deliberated the matter > intransitive verb < the jury deliberated throughout the night > < a club deliberating on what to do with the extra money in its treasury > Synonyms: see think |
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