ruminate

英 [ˈruːmɪneɪt]

美 [ˈruːmɪneɪt]

v. 沉思; 认真思考

过去式：ruminated　现在分词：ruminating　第三人称单数：ruminates　过去分词：ruminated　

TOEFL GRE

BNC.22105 / COCA.22163

牛津词典

verb

沉思；认真思考
to think deeply about sth

柯林斯词典

VERB 沉思;琢磨;认真考虑
If youruminate onsomething, you think about it very carefully.
1. He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life...
  他认真地考虑了美国生活中典型的严重浪费问题。
2. 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。
VERB （动物）反刍
When animalsruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again.
1. He wanted to have a look at the two oxen, both ruminating without raising their eyes.
  他想看看那两头牛，它们都在反刍，眼睛都不抬一下。

英英释义

verb

reflect deeply on a subject
1. I mulled over the events of the afternoon
2. philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
3. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
Synonym:chew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflectmullmull overspeculate
chew the cuds
1. cows ruminate

双语例句

And subjects who tended to ruminate on their situation actually did better if they were assigned to the emotion-free writing.
当那些倾向于反思自身情况的人被指派进行无情绪写作时，他们实际上做得更好。
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。
He chose Wednesday, the day of the Fed's pronouncement, to ruminate, both in a note to clients and in the Financial Times, that the rally was entering a bubble phase.
他选择在周三美联储发表上述言论的同一天，在客户研究报告和英国《金融时报》上进行深入分析，认为目前的反弹正进入泡沫阶段。
A positive aspect of living in isolation was that I had ample time in which to ruminate over the meaning of words and precepts that I had known and accepted all my life.
如果说被拘禁在家有什么好处的话，那就是我有了充裕的时间来反思我一生中所了解和接受的词汇和观点的意义。
And reflection can turn ugly, as when we ruminate about some past insult or error.
当我们纠结于过去的一些侮辱或错误时，反思可能并非好事。
Those who have a definite goal and do not need time to ruminate and explore will find little to complain about on a one-year course.
那些有明确的目标、不需要时间来琢磨和思考的人会发现，一年制课程没有什么可抱怨的。
And the more we ruminate about a secret, the more we want to reveal it.
对某个秘密考虑得越多，就越想公开这个秘密。
Thus it gives us a basis that we can improve the utilization ratio of ruminate protein.
通过对这些影响因素的研究，可以掌握影响反刍动物蛋白质利用率的因素，从而为如何提高反刍动物蛋白质利用率提供依据。
With some luck, Greece will ruminate in the future about how it stuck to a narrow path in the early 21st century, and found honour and vindication for its labours.
如果运气好的话，希腊可以在未来冥思在21世纪之初是如何困于狭路，并为自己经历的艰辛找回荣誉，证明这些艰辛都是值得的。
He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life
他认真地考虑了美国生活中典型的严重浪费问题。