2016年8月24日 星期三

meditate and contemplate


有人說 meditate 比 contemplate思考層次較淺

meditate
verb [I]
1 to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity:
Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day.

2 to think seriously about something for a long time:
He meditated on the consequences of his decision.

meditation
noun
1 [U] the act of giving your attention to only one thing, either as a religious activity or as a way of becoming calm and relaxed:
prayer and meditation
She practises meditation.

2 [C or U] serious thought or study, or the product of this activity:
Let us spend a few moments in quiet meditation.
I left him deep in meditation.
The book is a meditation on the morality of art.

meditative
adjective FORMAL
━━ v. 熟考[黙想]する ((on, upon)); もくろむ.
 meditate revenge 復讐(しゅう)をたくらむ.
 med・i・ta・tion ━━ n. 熟慮; 冥想(録).
 med・i・ta・tive ━━ a. 冥想的な.
med・i・ta・tive・ly ad.
 med・i・ta・tor ━━ n. 黙想[思索]者.



contemplate 
verb [I or T]
to spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way:
[+ ing form of verb] I'm contemplating going abroad for a year.
You're not contemplating a change of job, are you?
It's too awful/horrific/dangerous to contemplate.

contemplation
noun [U]
She was staring out over the lake, lost in contemplation.
The nuns have an hour for silent contemplation every morning.

contemplative 
Her mood was calm and contemplative.


con・tem・pla・tion

━━ n. 熟視[考]; 沈思, 瞑(めい)想, 黙想; 予期, 期待; 意図.



contemplation 
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɛmˈpleɪʃ(ə)n /




NOUN

[MASS NOUN]
1The action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time:the road is too busy for leisurely contemplation of the scenery
1.1Deep reflective thought:he would retire to his room for study or contemplation
1.2The state of being considered or planned:substantial fitting work is in contemplation
1.4A form of Christian prayer or meditation in which a person seeks to pass beyond mental images and concepts to a direct experience of the divine.

Origin

middle english: from Old French, from Latincontemplatio(n-), from the verb contemplari (seecontemplate).

[名][U]
1 じっと見つめること,熟視;熟考,沈思黙考,瞑想(めいそう)
in contemplation
沈思黙考して
be lost [absorbedin contemplation
黙想にふける.
2 意図,もくろみ,計画
be in [under] contemplation of ...
…を計画中である.
3 予想,見込み.



meditate

Line breaks: medi|tate
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪteɪt/




VERB

[NO OBJECT]
1Focus one’s mind for a period of time, in silence or with the aid of chanting, for religious or spiritualpurposes or as a method of relaxation:set aside time every day to write and meditateit was here that the monk spent much of the day reading and meditating on Scripture
1.1(meditate on/upon) Think deeply about (something):he went off to meditate on the new idea
1.2[WITH OBJECT] Plan mentally; consider:they had suffered severely, and they began to meditate retreat

Origin

mid 16th century: from Latin meditat- 'contemplated', from the verb meditari, from a base meaning 'measure'; related to mete1.
Derivatives

meditator
NOUN
[動](他)

1 …を企てる,もくろむ,計画する
He was meditating a journey to Hawaii.
彼はハワイ旅行を考えていた.
2 〈物・事を〉熟考[瞑想(めいそう)]する.
━━(自)(…について)黙想[熟考,回想,瞑想]する((on, upon ...))
meditate on one's experience
経験したことをじっくり考えてみる.
[ラテン語meditātus (meditārī瞑想する+-tus過去分詞語尾)]



meditation

Line breaks: medi|ta¦tion
Pronunciation: /mɛdɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/




NOUN

[MASS NOUN]
1The action or practice of meditating:a life of meditation
1.1[COUNT NOUN] A written or spoken discourseexpressing considered thoughts on a subject:this is not a mythopoetic meditation onmanhood, it’s a historical study

Origin

middle english: from Old French, from Latin meditatio(n-), from meditari (see meditate).

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