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Cogitation is the thinking — the slow, careful turning of an idea in the mind — or sometimes the thought that comes out of it. It is a noun, even though the idea is first taught as “to think carefully.” You use it in formal or English: “after much cogitation,” “lost in cogitation.” In ordinary talk, people say “after a lot of thought” or “after thinking it over.” It can sound heavy, or even a little funny, if you use it for a small choice, like which sandwich to buy. Writers sometimes use the plural, cogitations, for a person’s thoughts, but that is rare now.
深思、沉思
組成A learned Latin-style noun from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis; English once also had an older French-shaped form (Middle English cogitacioun), and the Latin one likely took its place. Far back it is cōgitātus + -iō, from Latin cōgitō (“to turn over in the mind; think, consider”), from con- (together) + agitō (to keep driving).
同家族的字
- cogitatethe verb: to think something over carefully
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cogitationnoun/ˌkɒd͡ʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
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The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
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A carefully considered thought, idea, notion.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。