Meditation
[medɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,mɛdɪ'teʃən]
解释:
(noun.) continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; 'the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge'.
(noun.) (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects).
艾拉编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.
(n.) Thought; -- without regard to kind.
整理:罗拉
同义词及近义词：
n. Contemplation, reflection, study, musing, pondering, deep thought, close attention.
整理:纳特
例句:
- He was roused from a meditation on these dire imaginings by the sudden appearance of two figures at a turn of the lane. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Then I'll tell you wot it is,' said Mr. Weller, after a short meditation, 'this is a case for that 'ere confidential pal o' the Chancellorship's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- She was looking out on the lawn, with melancholy meditation. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- It's not Madness, ma'am,' replied Mr. Bumble, after a few moments of deep meditation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Then he would take another half-dozen puffs with an air of profound meditation and look at them again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It was dull, certainly; not to say dreary; but a contemplative man can always employ himself in meditation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Diana and Mary's general answer to this question was a sigh, and some minutes of apparently mournful meditation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Profound silence and meditation on Caroline's part, and a sly watchfulness on Martin's. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He seemed scarcely to hear her, and was walking up and down the room in earnest meditation, his brow contracted, his air gloomy. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Then he came out of his meditation, and drank more wine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- What amount of small change, Missis,' he said, with an abstracted air, after a little meditation, 'might you call a morsel of money? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Close up his eyes and draw the curtain close; And let us all to meditation. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He stood under a tree in deep meditation, his arms crossed upon his breast, and Rowena was in hopes she might pass him unobserved. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- That's the question, Mr. Guppy suggests with one eye shut, after a little forensic meditation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Adrian was absorbed in meditation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Mr. Pickwick sat himself down in a chair before the fire, and fell into a train of rambling meditations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The result of her meditations was the decision to join her aunt at Richfield. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- One must bring his meditations cut and dried, or else cut and dry them afterward. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I was standing close to him, looking at him; and still, with a heavy brow, he was lost in his meditations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The meditations of the statesman were here interrupted by the voice of the Prince from an interior apartment, calling out, Noble Waldemar Fitzurse! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And in these meditations he fell asleep. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- But in truth, neither the lonely meditations of the hermit, nor the tumultuous raptures of the reveller, are capable of satisfying man's heart. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- But my mind could not go by it and leave it, as my body did; and it usually awakened a long train of meditations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I have no meditations, suggested by this spot where the very first Merry Christmas! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- But, a light footstep roused him from his meditations, and it was Bella's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- During his days in prison he busied himself in penning his philosophic, religious, and artistic meditations, as many other illustrious prisoners have done. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- My meditations were interrupted by Samuel. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Words derive from St. Augustine's _Meditations_. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- In his closest meditations the life-long habit of Mr. Bulstrode's mind clad his most egoistic terrors in doctrinal references to superhuman ends. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- What are your meditations? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
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