ponder

来自法语ponderer,称量，平衡，使稳定，来自拉丁语ponderare,悬挂，称量，思考，来自pendere,悬挂，称量，词源同pendulum,pensive.引申词义沉思，考虑。

ponder

ponder: [14] To ponder something is etymologically to ‘weigh’ it up. The word comes via Old French ponderer from Latin ponderāre ‘weigh’, hence ‘consider’ (source also of English preponderate [17]). This was derived from pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponderous [14]), a relative of pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English compendium [16], compensate [17], dispense, expense, pansy, pension [14], pensive [14], peseta [19], poise [15], and spend) and pendēre ‘hang’ (from which English gets pendant, pendulum, etc).

Also closely related is English pound, the unit of weight.
=> compendium, compensate, dispense, expense, pansy, pendant, pendulum, pension, pensive, peseta, poise, pound, preponderate, spend

ponder (v.)

early 14c., "to estimate the worth of, to appraise," from Old French ponderer "to weigh, poise" (14c., Modern French pondérer) and directly from Latin ponderare "ponder, consider, reflect," literally "to weigh," from pondus (genitive ponderis) "weigh" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "to weigh a matter mentally" is attested from late 14c. Related: Pondered; pondering; ponderation.

1. The visitor can ponder over the boomerangs used by aborigines at the time of Cook.

来访者可以琢磨琢磨土著人在库克时期用的回飞镖.

2. They would do well to pause and ponder upon their new responsibilities.

人们最好还是停一停,好好地想一想自己所负的新责任.

3. Face west, all you plump old men, and ponder your tropic fates.

退休老人们啊, 面向西方, 为你们那莫测的祸福祈祷吧.

4. You should pause and ponder now.

你现在应该停下来仔细考虑一下.

5. He sits to ponder his misfortune there.

他坐在那里沉思着他的不幸.