Definition of ponder in English:

ponder

verb ˈpɒndəˈpɑndər

[with object]

Think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.
思索，考虑
I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion
我考虑在这种场合该穿什么衣服。
no object she sat pondering over her problem
她坐在那里思考着她的问题。
Example sentencesExamples
- So, now we're pondering things we can do with the film now that it's made.
- The merest of pauses follow as he ponders his quick-fire response.
- Their lawyers are said to be pondering the matter of copyright infringement at the moment.
- And if he is pondering this career move, it is unlikely to be the first time.
- One ponders the possibility of a rewritten script directed by Besson with Yuen staging the action.
- Adrian pondered for a moment, deciding what the strange word she said meant.
- They have long conversations, pondering the twists of fate that separate success from failure.
- When he's not writing protest poems about saving rocks, Albert ponders the meaning of life.
- There is a subtle message to the reader who sits pondering the meaning of the titles.
- I pondered for a minutes, then shook my head.
- Between the explosions and chase scenes, The Island ponders the theme of how far science should go to extend lives.
- He lay on his back in the Mater Hospital for weeks on end fighting the disease and pondering the future.
- I think I like her better when she's pondering out loud.
- The Spanish Civil War itself proved a fitting setting for a film that ponders death and its finality.
- As he ponders the next option in his club career, it is just possible that a few proverbs from his native land are springing to mind once again.
- Believe it or not they don't just sit indoors, pondering life and pausing occasionally to smell a rose.
- Not only that, the filmmakers created a provocative action film that ponders the essence of reality and identity.
- In an austere church in Geneva, he ponders the Calvinist influence.
- She pondered for a second but then she realised that it was the panther.
- She ponders her resolution to post regularly, and how it relates to her relationship with her father.
Synonyms
think about, give thought to, consider, review, reflect on, mull over, contemplate, study, meditate on, muse on, deliberate about, cogitate on, dwell on, brood on/over, ruminate about/on, chew over, puzzle over, speculate about, weigh up, turn over in one's mind
be in a brown study
informal put on one's thinking cap about
archaic pore on
rare cerebrate

Derivatives

ponderation

noun ˌpɒndəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌpɑndəˈreɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

rare

1Careful thought, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.
思索，考虑
every time that someone hastes to act without any ponderation, he becomes an easy prey to give way to the temptation
Example sentencesExamples
- So it was only after ten minutes of steamy ponderation that I finally clucked my tongue for the last time and turned on BBEdit's ‘Show Line Numbers’ feature to get my score.
- And the worst part is that, where I usually question my friends when things go bad & wonder whether they're worth it & other uberdramatic ponderations, at the moment I seem to be questioning my devotion to them.
- There is so much out there to think about, to enrich ourselves with and to use our cerebral matter in ponderation that it seemed to me to be almost a crime for these people not to use their grey matter to its full potential!
- the ponderation of the body shifts at the waist
2(especially with reference to Greek sculpture) equilibrium or balance.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'appraise, judge the worth of'): from Old French ponderer 'consider', from Latin ponderare 'weigh, reflect on', from pondus, ponder- 'weight'.

pensive from Late Middle English:
Pensive is from Old French pensif from penser ‘to think’: this is via Latin pensare ‘to ponder’ from pendere ‘to weigh’. The notion is of ‘weighing up’ the merits of various options. Ponder (Middle English) ‘to consider, weigh things up’ and ponderous (Late Middle English) ‘weighty’ come from the same root. The flower name pansy also comes from the same source, being the English spelling of the French pensée ‘thought’. This is because of the face-like markings on the flowers, which in old varieties looked as if they were hanging down pensively. See penthouse

Rhymes

absconder, anaconda, Fonda, Golconda, Honda, nonda, responder, squander, Wanda, wander, yonder

Definition of ponder in US English:

ponder

verbˈpändərˈpɑndər

[with object]

Think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.
思索，考虑
I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion
我考虑在这种场合该穿什么衣服。
no object she sat pondering over her problem
她坐在那里思考着她的问题。
Example sentencesExamples
- As he ponders the next option in his club career, it is just possible that a few proverbs from his native land are springing to mind once again.
- He lay on his back in the Mater Hospital for weeks on end fighting the disease and pondering the future.
- I pondered for a minutes, then shook my head.
- Their lawyers are said to be pondering the matter of copyright infringement at the moment.
- I think I like her better when she's pondering out loud.
- The Spanish Civil War itself proved a fitting setting for a film that ponders death and its finality.
- When he's not writing protest poems about saving rocks, Albert ponders the meaning of life.
- And if he is pondering this career move, it is unlikely to be the first time.
- Believe it or not they don't just sit indoors, pondering life and pausing occasionally to smell a rose.
- Not only that, the filmmakers created a provocative action film that ponders the essence of reality and identity.
- Between the explosions and chase scenes, The Island ponders the theme of how far science should go to extend lives.
- She pondered for a second but then she realised that it was the panther.
- So, now we're pondering things we can do with the film now that it's made.
- There is a subtle message to the reader who sits pondering the meaning of the titles.
- In an austere church in Geneva, he ponders the Calvinist influence.
- Adrian pondered for a moment, deciding what the strange word she said meant.
- She ponders her resolution to post regularly, and how it relates to her relationship with her father.
- They have long conversations, pondering the twists of fate that separate success from failure.
- One ponders the possibility of a rewritten script directed by Besson with Yuen staging the action.
- The merest of pauses follow as he ponders his quick-fire response.
Synonyms
think about, give thought to, consider, review, reflect on, mull over, contemplate, study, meditate on, muse on, deliberate about, cogitate on, dwell on, brood on, brood over, ruminate about, ruminate on, chew over, puzzle over, speculate about, weigh up, turn over in one's mind

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘appraise, judge the worth of’): from Old French ponderer ‘consider’, from Latin ponderare ‘weigh, reflect on’, from pondus, ponder- ‘weight’.

词汇	ponder
释义	Definition of ponder in English: ponder verb ˈpɒndəˈpɑndər [with object] Think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. 思索，考虑 I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion 我考虑在这种场合该穿什么衣服。 no object she sat pondering over her problem 她坐在那里思考着她的问题。 Example sentencesExamples So, now we're pondering things we can do with the film now that it's made. The merest of pauses follow as he ponders his quick-fire response. Their lawyers are said to be pondering the matter of copyright infringement at the moment. And if he is pondering this career move, it is unlikely to be the first time. One ponders the possibility of a rewritten script directed by Besson with Yuen staging the action. Adrian pondered for a moment, deciding what the strange word she said meant. They have long conversations, pondering the twists of fate that separate success from failure. When he's not writing protest poems about saving rocks, Albert ponders the meaning of life. There is a subtle message to the reader who sits pondering the meaning of the titles. I pondered for a minutes, then shook my head. Between the explosions and chase scenes, The Island ponders the theme of how far science should go to extend lives. He lay on his back in the Mater Hospital for weeks on end fighting the disease and pondering the future. I think I like her better when she's pondering out loud. The Spanish Civil War itself proved a fitting setting for a film that ponders death and its finality. As he ponders the next option in his club career, it is just possible that a few proverbs from his native land are springing to mind once again. Believe it or not they don't just sit indoors, pondering life and pausing occasionally to smell a rose. Not only that, the filmmakers created a provocative action film that ponders the essence of reality and identity. In an austere church in Geneva, he ponders the Calvinist influence. She pondered for a second but then she realised that it was the panther. She ponders her resolution to post regularly, and how it relates to her relationship with her father. Synonyms think about, give thought to, consider, review, reflect on, mull over, contemplate, study, meditate on, muse on, deliberate about, cogitate on, dwell on, brood on/over, ruminate about/on, chew over, puzzle over, speculate about, weigh up, turn over in one's mind be in a brown study informal put on one's thinking cap about archaic pore on rare cerebrate Derivatives ponderation noun ˌpɒndəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌpɑndəˈreɪʃ(ə)n mass nounrare 1Careful thought, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. 思索，考虑 every time that someone hastes to act without any ponderation, he becomes an easy prey to give way to the temptation Example sentencesExamples So it was only after ten minutes of steamy ponderation that I finally clucked my tongue for the last time and turned on BBEdit's ‘Show Line Numbers’ feature to get my score. And the worst part is that, where I usually question my friends when things go bad & wonder whether they're worth it & other uberdramatic ponderations, at the moment I seem to be questioning my devotion to them. There is so much out there to think about, to enrich ourselves with and to use our cerebral matter in ponderation that it seemed to me to be almost a crime for these people not to use their grey matter to its full potential! the ponderation of the body shifts at the waist 2(especially with reference to Greek sculpture) equilibrium or balance. Origin Middle English (in the sense 'appraise, judge the worth of'): from Old French ponderer 'consider', from Latin ponderare 'weigh, reflect on', from pondus, ponder- 'weight'. pensive from Late Middle English: Pensive is from Old French pensif from penser ‘to think’: this is via Latin pensare ‘to ponder’ from pendere ‘to weigh’. The notion is of ‘weighing up’ the merits of various options. Ponder (Middle English) ‘to consider, weigh things up’ and ponderous (Late Middle English) ‘weighty’ come from the same root. The flower name pansy also comes from the same source, being the English spelling of the French pensée ‘thought’. This is because of the face-like markings on the flowers, which in old varieties looked as if they were hanging down pensively. See penthouse Rhymes absconder, anaconda, Fonda, Golconda, Honda, nonda, responder, squander, Wanda, wander, yonder Definition of ponder in US English: ponder verbˈpändərˈpɑndər [with object] Think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. 思索，考虑 I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion 我考虑在这种场合该穿什么衣服。 no object she sat pondering over her problem 她坐在那里思考着她的问题。 Example sentencesExamples As he ponders the next option in his club career, it is just possible that a few proverbs from his native land are springing to mind once again. He lay on his back in the Mater Hospital for weeks on end fighting the disease and pondering the future. I pondered for a minutes, then shook my head. Their lawyers are said to be pondering the matter of copyright infringement at the moment. I think I like her better when she's pondering out loud. The Spanish Civil War itself proved a fitting setting for a film that ponders death and its finality. When he's not writing protest poems about saving rocks, Albert ponders the meaning of life. And if he is pondering this career move, it is unlikely to be the first time. Believe it or not they don't just sit indoors, pondering life and pausing occasionally to smell a rose. Not only that, the filmmakers created a provocative action film that ponders the essence of reality and identity. Between the explosions and chase scenes, The Island ponders the theme of how far science should go to extend lives. She pondered for a second but then she realised that it was the panther. So, now we're pondering things we can do with the film now that it's made. There is a subtle message to the reader who sits pondering the meaning of the titles. In an austere church in Geneva, he ponders the Calvinist influence. Adrian pondered for a moment, deciding what the strange word she said meant. She ponders her resolution to post regularly, and how it relates to her relationship with her father. They have long conversations, pondering the twists of fate that separate success from failure. One ponders the possibility of a rewritten script directed by Besson with Yuen staging the action. The merest of pauses follow as he ponders his quick-fire response. Synonyms think about, give thought to, consider, review, reflect on, mull over, contemplate, study, meditate on, muse on, deliberate about, cogitate on, dwell on, brood on, brood over, ruminate about, ruminate on, chew over, puzzle over, speculate about, weigh up, turn over in one's mind Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘appraise, judge the worth of’): from Old French ponderer ‘consider’, from Latin ponderare ‘weigh, reflect on’, from pondus, ponder- ‘weight’.
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