英语词典 · 单词释义
consider
英 [kən'sɪdə] 美 [kən'sɪdɚ]
这里集中整理“consider”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词,方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vt. 考虑;认为;考虑到;细想
- vi. 考虑;认为;细想
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: considers;过去式: considered;过去分词: considered;现在分词: considering;
中文词源
consider 考虑
con-, 强调。-sider, 星,词源同star, sidereal. 古义指星相学看星占卜,并通过星辰移位来思考预测人间万事。比较disaster, 星位不正,空难。
英文词源
- consider
- consider: [14] Etymologically, consider means ‘observe the stars’. Amongst the most popular of ancient Roman methods of divination was astrology, and so the Latin verb consīderāre was coined (from the intensive prefix com- and sīdus ‘star’, source of English sidereal) to describe the activity of carefully noting the stars’ courses for the purpose of drawing auguries.
From ‘observing stars’ it soon broadened out in meaning to simply ‘observe’, and hence figuratively ‘think over something’, but the sense ‘have an opinion’ seems to be an English development of the 16th century. English acquired the word via Old French considerer, but borrowed considerable directly from Latin consīderābilis; the modern sense ‘large in amount’ arose in the mid-17th century, on the basis of an earlier ‘worthy of consideration because of great quantity’.
=> desire, sidereal - consider (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French considerer (13c.) "reflect on, consider, study," from Latin considerare "to look at closely, observe," perhaps literally "to observe the stars," from com- "with" (see com-) + sidus (genitive sideris) "constellation" (see sidereal).
Perhaps a metaphor from navigation, but more likely reflecting Roman obsession with divination by astrology. Tucker doubts the connection with sidus, however, because it is "quite inapplicable to desiderare," and suggests derivation instead from the PIE root of English side meaning "stretch, extend," and a sense for the full word of "survey on all sides" or "dwell long upon." Related: Considered; considering.
双语例句
- 1. After a year we will sympathetically consider an application for reinstatement.
- 一年后我们会对复职申请予以考虑和批准。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The jury will retire to consider its verdict today.
- 陪审团今天将退庭商议裁决结果。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Consider what your likes and dislikes are about your job.
- 想想工作中哪些部分是自己喜欢的,哪些是不喜欢的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. We consider it a compliment to be called "conservative"
- 我们认为被称作“保守分子”是对我们的一种赞赏。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It is worth pausing to consider these statements from Mr Davies.
- 戴维斯先生的这番话值得大家停下来思考一下。
来自柯林斯例句
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