核心畫面

You can picture consider as turning something over in your mind, slowly and with care — holding an idea up to the light and looking at it from several sides before you act, rather than reacting on the spot.

可以想成把一件事放在心裡,慢慢地、仔細地翻來覆去看:像把一樣東西拿起來對著光,從幾個角度端詳之後才下手,而不是憑直覺更多收起可以想成把一件事放在心裡,慢慢地、仔細地翻來覆去看:像把一樣東西拿起來對著光,從幾個角度端詳之後才下手,而不是憑直覺立刻反應。consider 的所有用法,幾乎都從這個「在心裡細看、細想」的動作長出來。

Four branches

細想以做決定

這一群直接就是核心畫面本身:把事情放在心裡仔細看,目的是要做出選擇或判斷。

think about carefully · verb · B1

To think about something carefully, usually because you have to choose or decide.

考慮

看了之後形成的判斷

細看到最後,心裡會留下一個結論——這一群是「細想」這個動作的產物:你看完之後對人或事下的判斷。

regard as, have an opinion of · verb · B1

To think of someone or something in a certain way, or to have a certain opinion about them.

認為

把目光放在別人身上

把「仔細看」這個動作的對象換成「別人和他們的感受」,於是 consider 從思考延伸到體貼與專注地端詳。

be considerate of others · verb · B1

To think about other people and their feelings, and try not to upset them.

顧及

爽快答應的慣用語

這是一句固定說法,把「細想」反過來用:事情我根本不用再想,就當它已經辦好了——靠的正是聽者對 consider「在心裡看見某狀態」的熟悉。

consider it done · verb · B1

Said as 'consider it done' to say yes happily when someone asks you to do something for them.

沒問題(包在我身上)

原始詞典資料9 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。

considerverb/kənˈsɪd.ə/

  • 1

    To think about seriously.

    • Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
    • How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent?
  • 2

    To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

  • 3

    To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.

    • I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
  • 4

    To assign some quality to.

    • Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
    • I considered the pie undercooked.
  • 5

    To look at attentively.

    • She sat there for a moment, considering him.
    • She considereth a field, and buyeth it.
  • 6

    To take up as an example.

    • Consider a triangle having three equal sides.
    • Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
  • 7

    governmentparliamentary-procedureTo debate (or dispose of) a motion.

    • This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.
  • 8

    To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

    • He never seems to consider the feelings of others.
    • Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day / Was yours by accident.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To believe or opine (that).

    • Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…].
    • What is clear is that the courts in both Alberta and Ontario consider that there must be some preliminary assessment of the evidence of alleged breaches of the relevant Act when considering whether a freeze order is justified at the investigation stage.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。