ponder
v[I, Ipr, Tn, Tw]
~ (on/over sth) think about (sth) carefully and for a long time, esp in trying to reach a decision; consider (长时间地仔细)考虑(某事物)(尤指以便作出决定); 深思
You have pondered long enough; it is time to decide. 你考虑的时间够长的了, 该作决定了.
I pondered (over) the incident, asking myself again and again how it could have happened. 我反覆思考那件事, 一再自问究竟是怎麽回事.
pondering on the meaning of life 深深地思索人生的意义
I am pondering how to respond. 我在琢磨该怎样回答.
Large groups of Native Americans were forced to move away form their old hunting grounds.
成批成批的美洲土著人被迫从他们原来的狩猎场迁走。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.