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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

沉思 [chénsī]
  1. 1. verb ponder
    他为此事沉思了很久。
    He pondered this matter for a long time.
    他陷入了沉思
    He was lost in thought.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

沉思 [chénsī]
  1. 1. ponder; meditate; be lost in thought; reflect
    他为这个问题沉思了好久。
    He pondered over this problem for a long time.
    陷入沉思之中
    be lost in thought; be deep in meditation
    科学家最讨厌别人在他沉思时打扰他。
    老人坐在摇椅上陷入深深的沉思中。
  2. 2. noun thought
  3. 3. noun reflection;meditation

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

沉思 [chénsī]
  1. 1. 深深地思索
    掩卷沉思
  2. 2. 不要写作"沈思"。

Examples

他为这个问题沉思了好久。
He pondered over this problem for a long time. 沉思
陷入沉思之中
be lost in thought; be deep in meditation 沉思
他写这篇回忆录的时候,屡屡搁笔沉思
While writing his reminiscences, again and again he laid down his pen and fell into meditation. 屡屡
陷入沉思
be lost in thought; be deep in meditation 陷入
他时而搁笔沉思,时而运笔如飞。
Now he was lost in thought, his pen laid down; now he was wielding the pen with rapid, vigorous strokes. 运笔
老人坐在摇椅上陷入深深的沉思中。 沉思
他抽着烟陷入沉思 陷入
沉思良久之后, 他忽然文思泉涌, 奋笔疾书。
After thinking for a long time, he was suddenly inspired and wrote smoothly. 文思泉涌
他为此事沉思了很久。
He pondered this matter for a long time. 沉思
他陷入了沉思
He was lost in thought. 沉思

Collocations

长久地沉思
deep in thought for a long time
陷入沉思
be lost in thought
沉思良久
be in thought for hours
闭门沉思
shut oneself up for thought

Word Decomposition


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