cogitate
verb /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt/
/ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪt/
[intransitive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they cogitate | /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it cogitates | /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪts/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪts/ |
| past simple cogitated | /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle cogitated | /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form cogitating | /ˈkɒdʒɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːdʒɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- cogitate (about/on something) to think carefully about something
仔细思考；慎重考虑；深思熟虑 词源late 16th cent.: from Latin cogitat- ‘considered’, from the verb cogitare, from co- ‘together’ + agitare ‘turn over, consider’.