ruminate

• vt. 反刍；沉思；反复思考
• vi. 沉思，反刍

rumin,瘤胃，反刍动物的第一个胃，-ate,使。引申词义沉思，思考，比喻用法。

ruminate (v.)

1530s, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1540s), from Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminare "to chew the cud; turn over in the mind," from rumen (genitive ruminis) "gullet," of uncertain origin. Related: Ruminated; ruminating.

1. It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.

他的话值得玩味.

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2. As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.

随着年龄的增长, 人们开始对生活的变化无常冥思苦想.

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3. Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.

有强迫症的人通常过多地思考死亡的问题。

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4. He would ruminate, writing out the issues on his yellow pad.

他会冥思苦想把问题写在他的黄色拍纸本上的.

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5. Nixon went to ruminate about how Brezhnev understood American power and Nixon in particular.

尼克松接着又追述勃列日涅夫怎样理解美国的力量,特别是尼克松的力量.

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