ponder

study, consider, ponder, weigh, contemplate

动词 ponder:

1. reflect deeply on a subject
   同义词：chew over, think over, meditate, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

1. We pondered whether to tell her.
   我们考虑是否要告诉她。
2. They are pondering moving their offices outside London.
   他们正在考虑把办事处搬出伦敦。
3. He pondered for some minutes before giving an answer.
   他思考了几分钟才作答复。

pon.der

v.（动词）
pon.dered,pon.der.ing,pon.ders
v.tr.（及物动词）
To weigh in the mind with thoroughness and care.
思索，衡量：在头脑中彻底且仔细地加以权衡
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.
仔细考虑，沉思：彻底且仔细地思考或考虑

来源：
Middle English ponderen
中古英语 ponderen
from Old French ponderer
源自 古法语 ponderer
from Latin ponder3re * see (s)pen-
源自 拉丁语 ponder3re *参见 (s)pen-

【引伸】
pon.derer
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>ponder,meditate,deliberate,ruminate,mull,museThese verbs mean to consider something carefully and at length. Toponder is to weigh in the mind with painstaking thoroughness and care:
这些动词表示仔细而详尽地考虑某件事情。Ponder 是指用煞费苦心的详尽和仔细在头脑中权衡：
例句：
.He and the council had already pondered the list of members returned to the parliament. (John Morley).
.他和委员会已经认真地考虑过了重返国会的人员名单. （约翰·摩利）。

例句：
.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）。

Meditate implies serious consideration,as of undertaking a course of action or of implementing a plan;the term can also denote engagement in deep reflection:
Meditate 暗指严肃的思考，比如对于采取一项行动或执行一项计划所做的考虑；这个词还可表示陷入深深的思考：
例句：
.The King struck the blow he had for some time meditated. (William E.H. Lecky).
.国王实施了他考虑已久的打击. （威廉E.H.莱奇）。

例句：
.He quitted her presence to meditate upon revenge. (Frederick Marryat).Todeliberate is to think attentively and usually slowly, as about a choice or decision to be made:
.他不让她出现以考虑如何复仇. （弗雷德里克·玛利亚特）。Deliberate 是指集中注意力地且通常是缓慢地思考， 如对于将要做出的一项选择或决定的思考：

例句：
The jury deliberated for two days before returning a verdict.
陪审团在仔细斟酌了两天后才做出了他们的最后决定。

Ruminate andmull imply turning a matter over and over again in the mind:
Ruminate 和mull 暗指把一件事情在脑子里翻来覆去地想：
例句：
.The old warrior king was . . . ruminating on his gloomy fortunes. (Washington Irving).
.年迈的武士之王正在…反复咀嚼他暗淡的命运和前途. （华盛顿·欧文）。

例句：
I sat mulling over my problem without finding a solution. Tomuse is to be absorbed in one`s thoughts; the word often connotes an abstracted quality:
我坐着一遍又一遍地思考我的问题，可总是找不到解决办法。 Muse 是指沉浸在自己的思想中； 该词经常含有一种抽象的性质：

例句：
.And musing there an hour alone,/I dreamed that Greece might still be free. (Byron).
.在那默想一个钟头，/我梦见希腊也许仍然自由. （拜伦）