1.〈正式〉深思;仔细考虑
1.<formal>to think carefully about something for a long time before reaching a decision
1.Birkin, pondering as he stood there, had forgotten Mrs Crich, as she had forgotten him.
伯金站在那儿思忖着，忘了克里奇太太，正如她也忘记了他一样。
2.Lawyers are still pondering precisely how much legal force these guidelines will have.
律师们仍在深思这些指导条例会有多大的法律效力。
3.Let's say you're willing to try setting aside an hour a week for pondering, but you think you're just not the creative type.
也许有人会说，即使我愿意试着每周拿出一小时来进行思考，我也不见得就是属于有创造力的那一类人啊。
4.I have been pondering my own choice, which has, of course, got to be a piece of technology.
我一直在思考着我的选择，当然，它会是一件科技产品。
5.I have been pondering the question, the agricultural industry is very fragile and in the end how much risk?
我一直在思考这样一个问题，农业这个行业本身相当脆弱，风险到底有多大？
6.The governor pondering the matter, more strikers gathered across his path.
总督思考问题时，更多的罢工工人聚集在他要通过的路上
7.Back in early March, TSE president Atsushi Saito said the group was pondering some kind of combination with the derivatives-focused OSE.
今年3月初，东京证交所总裁齐藤惇（AtsushiSaito）表示，该集团正考虑与专注于衍生品的大阪证交所进行某种形式的合并。
8.The tacit hope seems to be that international regulators, who are pondering this issue, might be persuaded to enforce this idea globally.
这种不动声色的期许似乎在劝说正在对此深思熟虑的国际监管者们将这一观点推广至全球吧。
9.I continued pondering these questions after I was released and began to wonder whether mine was an abnormal or special case.
出狱之后，我更不断的探讨，像我这样的遭遇，是不是一个变态的、特殊的例予？
10."The Doctor had been pondering, and had made up his mind to a certain course" (Henry Kingsley).
“这个医生已经苦思冥想了一段时间并已决定要采用某种方法”（亨利·金斯利）。