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表示“思考”
、
“考
虑”的词语的用法
在英语中，表示
“思考”
、
“考虑”的词语很多。在日常学习和教学中，笔者收
集了一些
此类词语，下面做一简要分析。
1.
meditate
考虑
,
思考。例如：
They are
meditating a new experiment.
他们在考虑做一个新实验。
2.
reflect on
（或
upon
）仔细考虑；
on reflection
经再三考虑。例如：
Please give me a minute to reflect.
请给我一点时间仔细考虑一下。
Please reflect on the matter.
请仔细考虑那件事情。
I
reflected on possible reasons for my failure.
我仔细考虑导致我失败的种种原因。
On reflection, I gave up.
经过考虑，我放弃了。
3.
allow
for
考虑，考虑在内。例如：
It
will take thirty minutes to reach the
station
，
allowing for traffic
delays.
到车站需三十分钟，连路上的交通耽搁考虑在内。
Allowing for the train being
late
，
we should be back by
10
：
30.
考虑到火车晚点，我们
应该在
10
：
30
回来。
4.
turn over
仔细考虑。例如：
He turned over the problem for hours.
他对这个问题考虑了好几个小时。
5
．
consider
vt.,
consideration
n.
思考，考虑。
consider=take
account
of
sth.
=
take
sth. into
account=take into consideration
考虑，把某事纳入
考虑之中。例如：
Having considered
the problem more carefully, he regretted having
made a decision
in haste.
更仔细地考虑了该问题之后，他后悔做出了匆忙的决定。
Apart from this consideration, there is
no reason why we should not do so.
除去考虑这一点，否则我们没有理由不这样做。
You must take his inexperience into acc
ount.
你必须考虑到他无经验（而予以体谅）
。
Taking into account all the
circumstances, he thought it wise not to say
anything
further.
考虑了所有的情况，他想还是不要再说什么为妙。
I'd take into consideration his
reputation with other farmers and business people
in the community, and then make a
decision about whether or not to approve a loan.
我想把他与社区其他农民和商人交往的名声考虑进去，然后再决定是否同意为他提供贷款
。
6
．
regard
考虑，思考。例如：
You
should regard the matter from every point of view.
你应当从每个角度来考虑这个
问题。
7
．
regardless of
不顾，不管，不愿考虑。例如：
Regardless of our mistakes, the teacher
corrected our homework patiently.
老师不考虑我的作业中出的错误而耐心地批改。
8
．
think, think of
(
或
through, over, about)
仔细考虑。例如：
From the
way most people look at you, you'd think a
trashman was a monster.
你从
大部
分人看待你的方式考虑，垃圾工人是种怪物。
There
are many things to think of before we decide.
在做出决定前，有许多事情需要考虑。
They’re thinking
over moving
to America.
他们正考虑移居美国。
Acting before thinking always results
in failing.
做事不先考虑总会导致失败。
We have a hundred and one things to
think of before we can decide.
在做决定前，我们有许多事情要考虑。
9
．
sleep
on
用在口语中，意思是“把（问题等）重新考虑，留到第二
天再做决定”
。例如：
Don
’
t take the
job now
，
sleep on it first.
你现在先别接受这个工作，考虑一下再说
吧。
I
’
ll sleep on
the matter and write to you tomorrow.
这
件事我再考虑一下，明天给
你书面回音。
10
．
view
考虑，认为；
in view
of
考虑到。例如：
Has the
matter been viewed from the
taxpayers
’
standpoint?
这件事可曾从纳税人的角度来考虑？
In view of these facts, he had to admit
his mistakes.
考虑到这些事实，他不得不承
认错误。
11
．
given prep.
考虑到。例如：
Given
their inexperience, they
’
ve
done a good job.
考虑到他们缺乏经验，他们做的
< br>不错了。
Given their ages,
they
’
ve performed very
excellent.
考虑到他们的年龄，他们已经
表演得相
当好了。
12
．
at hand
被考虑中。例如：
His
question was not related to the matter at hand.
他提的问题跟正在考虑的问题无
关。
13
．
give priority
to (
或
doing ) sth.
优先考虑做某事。
priority
意思为“优先权”
,
短语
place(
或
put)
high
(
或
top)
priority
on
(
或
attach
high
priority
to;
give
first
priority
to)
意思为“最优先考虑”
。例如：
The government gave first priority to
housing after the war.
战后政府最优先考虑的
是住房问题。
The problems
requiring immediate solution will be given
priority at the
meeting.
会上优先考虑需要急需解决的问题。
14
．
Focus
one
’
s mind
(
或
attention) on sth.
< br>将思想（或注意力）集中于某事物上，考
虑。例如：
Please focus your minds on the
following problem.
请集中考虑以下问题。
15
．
deliberate
仔细考虑。例如：
They are
deliberating what action to take next.
他们在仔细考虑下一步要采取什么行
动。
We had no time to deliberate on the
problem.
我们没有时间仔细考虑这个问题。
16
．
debate
考虑（某事物）以决定。例如：
He
debated buying a new car, but
didn
’
t in the end.
他考虑很久是否买辆新汽车，但
最后还是没买。
17
．
reckon on
考虑到。例如：
You
can
’
t always reckon on
having good weather.
你不能总考虑有好天气。
18
．
ruminate
over
（或
about, of,
on
）反复思考。例如：
He is
ruminating over recent events.
他在反复考虑最近发生的事情。
19
．
chew over
考虑（忠告、意见等）
。例如：
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