CONTEMPLATE

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Traducere în limba română

contemplate verb A. tranzitiv

1. a contempla, a privi îndelung, a-şi aţinti privirea asupra (cu gen.), a nu-şi lua ochii de la.

2. a presupune, a crede, a bănui.

3. a avea în gând, a se gândi la, a preconiza, a-şi propune să facă etc.;

I contemplate a journey mă bate gândul să fac o călătorie, mă gândesc la o călătorie;

this was at one time contemplated la un moment dat se preconiza acest lucru.

4. a se aştepta Ia, a prevedea, a întrezări;

I do not contemplate any opposition from him nu mă aştept la vreo împotrivire din partea lui.

5. (fig.) a vedea, a considera, a privi.

6. a studia, a examina.

contemplate verb B. intranzitiv

a medita, a cugeta, a chibzui, a reflecta, a se adânci în gânduri.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I could think of the past now, gravely, but not bitterly; and could contemplate the future in a brave spirit.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Its character as a ball-room caught him; and instead of passing on, he stopt for several minutes at the two superior sashed windows which were open, to look in and contemplate its capabilities, and lament that its original purpose should have ceased.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

If I looked up, I saw scenes which were familiar to me in my happier time and which I had contemplated but the day before in the company of her who was now but a shadow and a recollection.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

It is a little document to do so much; and Traddles contemplates it, as it lies upon my desk, half in admiration, half in awe.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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