詞彙精選:deliberate的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
英[dɪˈlɪbərɪt];美[dɪˈlɪbərɪt]
故意的,蓄意的
例句:
It is a deliberate action, often connected with battle and war.
這種傷害是故意的行爲,常與作戰及戰爭有關。
例句:
I assure you it was not deliberate.
請相信我,這不是故意的。
慎重的,深思熟慮的
例句:
We made a deliberate decision to live apart for a while.
我們作出了一個慎重的決定,打算分居一段時間。
例句:
His quick recognitions made him frantically impatient of deliberate judgement.
他敏捷的辯別力使他急躁得毫無耐心作深思熟慮的判斷。
從容的
例句:
Deliberate, heavy, slow-moving, he measured the wood.
他不慌不忙、沉着緩慢地量了木板的尺寸。
例句:
She played the part in a deliberate manner without any feeling of urgency.
她從容地扮演那個角色,毫無急迫的感覺。
v.
英[dɪˈlɪbəˌreɪt];美[dɪˈlɪbərˌeɪt]
仔細考慮;權衡 [I,T]
例句:
He would deliberate and then issue instructions in writing or through intermediaries.
他要經過仔細斟酌,然後用書面或通過中間人發出指示。
例句:
We had no time to deliberate on the problem.
我們沒有時間仔細思考這個問題。
研討,商討 [I]
例句:
They met to deliberate on possible solutions to the problem.
他們開會仔細研討解決問題的辦法。
例句:
They began to deliberate over the European question.
他們開始商討歐洲問題。
二、詞義辨析:
think,deliberate,meditate,muse,reason,reflect,speculate
這些動詞均有“思考、判斷、思索”之意。think一般用詞,指開動腦筋形成看法或得出結論的腦力活動。不着重結論是否正確,見解是否有用。deliberate指緩慢、按部就班地作仔細而認真的思考或判斷。meditate語氣較強,指認真地長時間集中精力進行思考。muse通常指漫無目的地猜想。reason指根據資料、證據或事實進行推斷,作出結論或判斷的邏輯思維活動。reflect指回想或回顧,側重認真而冷靜地反覆地思考某個問題,尤指對已發生事情的思索。 speculate指推論過程,隱含在證據不足的基礎上作出推測或設想。
三、參考例句:
He told us a deliberate lie.
他蓄意撒謊。
He walked with a deliberate step.
他用從容不迫的步伐走着。
We must soberly deliberate these questions now.
現在要冷靜地考慮這些問題。
I assure you it was not deliberate.
請相信我,這不是故意的。
Her refusal was merely a deliberate gesture.
她的拒絕只是故作姿態。
He did it in a deliberate manner.
以慎重的態度來做這件事。
It was just a deliberate pretense.
那只是故意的炫耀。
He is deliberate in his speech.
他說話從容不迫。
Deliberate, heavy, slow-moving, he measured the wood.
他不慌不忙、沉着緩慢地量了木板的尺寸。
Such a deliberate crime is unforgivable.
這樣蓄意的犯罪是無法饒恕的。