Meditation
[medɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,mɛdɪ'teʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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).
艾拉編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Contemplation, reflection, study, musing, pondering, deep thought, close attention.
整理:纳特
例句/造句/用法:
- He was roused from a meditation on these dire imaginings by the sudden appearance of two figures at a turn of the lane. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She was looking out on the lawn, with melancholy meditation. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It's not Madness, ma'am,' replied Mr. Bumble, after a few moments of deep meditation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Then he would take another half-dozen puffs with an air of profound meditation and look at them again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It was dull, certainly; not to say dreary; but a contemplative man can always employ himself in meditation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- Profound silence and meditation on Caroline's part, and a sly watchfulness on Martin's. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He seemed scarcely to hear her, and was walking up and down the room in earnest meditation, his brow contracted, his air gloomy. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Then he came out of his meditation, and drank more wine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- What amount of small change, Missis,' he said, with an abstracted air, after a little meditation, 'might you call a morsel of money? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Close up his eyes and draw the curtain close; And let us all to meditation. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He stood under a tree in deep meditation, his arms crossed upon his breast, and Rowena was in hopes she might pass him unobserved. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- That's the question, Mr. Guppy suggests with one eye shut, after a little forensic meditation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Adrian was absorbed in meditation. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Mr. Pickwick sat himself down in a chair before the fire, and fell into a train of rambling meditations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The result of her meditations was the decision to join her aunt at Richfield. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- One must bring his meditations cut and dried, or else cut and dry them afterward. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I was standing close to him, looking at him; and still, with a heavy brow, he was lost in his meditations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The meditations of the statesman were here interrupted by the voice of the Prince from an interior apartment, calling out, Noble Waldemar Fitzurse! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And in these meditations he fell asleep. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But in truth, neither the lonely meditations of the hermit, nor the tumultuous raptures of the reveller, are capable of satisfying man's heart. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But my mind could not go by it and leave it, as my body did; and it usually awakened a long train of meditations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I have no meditations, suggested by this spot where the very first Merry Christmas! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But, a light footstep roused him from his meditations, and it was Bella's. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- During his days in prison he busied himself in penning his philosophic, religious, and artistic meditations, as many other illustrious prisoners have done. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- My meditations were interrupted by Samuel. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Words derive from St. Augustine's _Meditations_. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- In his closest meditations the life-long habit of Mr. Bulstrode's mind clad his most egoistic terrors in doctrinal references to superhuman ends. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- What are your meditations? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
手打:丽塔