Contemplation

(noun.) a long and thoughtful observation.

(noun.) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration.

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• Paul; they are too hideous: but if you admire themallow me to vacate my seat and leave you to their contemplation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Contemplation of Mr Dorrit's waistcoat buttons by Mr Merdle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I expressed my pleasure in the contemplation of it, and little Em'ly was emboldened to say, shyly, 'Don't you think you are afraid of the sea, now? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• A considerable crime is in contemplation. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Her voice was choked as she went on--was quavering as with the contemplation of some strange, yet closely-present idea. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• As darkness settled upon the earth, Clayton and Lady Alice still stood by the ship's rail in silent contemplation of their future abode. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She stood several minutes before the picture, in earnest contemplation, and returned to it again before they quitted the gallery. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Himself ravished with the contemplation of the idea of good, and delighting in solid geometry (Rep. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Oh, dear me, Caddy, cried Mrs. Jellyby, who had relapsed into that distant contemplation, have you begun again? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• From such vague laments I turned to the contemplation of the minutiae of my situation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Mrs. Bardell's opinions of the opposite sex, gentlemen, were derived from a long contemplation of the inestimable qualities of her lost husband. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• No one can fail to see that the contemplation of the heavens draws the soul upwards. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The co-operation of the navy was absolutely essential to the success (even to the contemplation) of such an enterprise. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• These words are written under no prompting of idle self-contemplation. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He retired to the old home town of Arbois, and sought to d istract his mind from the contemplation of human baseness. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He threw himself back in his easy-chair, wrapped in contemplations of his future greatness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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