contemplate的词源

英文词源

contemplate

contemplate: [16] Etymologically, to contemplate something is to observe it in a ‘temple’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin contemplārī, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and templum. This word, source of course of English temple, originally signified a space marked out by augurs (priests in ancient Rome who interpreted omens) for making observations. Hence contemplārī originally meant ‘observe omens carefully’, but its application soon became more general.
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contemplate (v.)

1590s, from Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari "survey, observe" (see contemplation). Related: Contemplated; contemplating.

中文词源

contemplate（沉思）：观鸟占卜时的观察和沉思

单词contemplate由拉丁文com和templum构成，其中的com表示加强语气，templum表示“用于观鸟占卜的一片区域”，单词temple就来源于此。因此contemplate的本意是“划出 一片区域，然后仔细观察”。contemplate既含有“注视”的意思，又含有“沉思”的意思，因为占卜时需要在仔细观察的同时思考所见迹象所表示的吉凶意味。

contemplate：['kɒntempleɪt; -təm-]v.注视，沉思，冥思苦想

contemplation：[,kɒntem'pleɪʃ(ə)n]n.注视，沉思，意图

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contemplate：考虑

con-, 强调。-tem，砍，切，词源同tome, anatomy，temple. 本义为一块保留（切下来）的用来占卜的神圣之地，后用来指思考的地方，沉思，考虑。