Contemplation is slow, quiet, serious thinking — sitting with a thing or an idea, looking at it, not rushing to act.

Contemplation is沉思是 slow, quiet, serious thinking一種緩慢、安靜、認真的思考——sitting with a thing or an idea與一件事或一個想法待在一起，looking at it看著它，not rushing to act不急著採取行動。

Someone may sit in contemplation of the sea, or spend the evening in contemplation after bad news. In religious life, contemplation is close to sitting still in prayer: still attention, often toward God or toward what is.

Someone may有人可能 sit in contemplation of the sea望著海沉思，or或者 after bad news在收到壞消息之後 spend the evening in contemplation花一整晚沉思。 In religious life在宗教生活中，contemplation is close to sitting still in prayer沉思很接近靜靜地禱告：still attention一種靜止的專注，often toward God or toward what is通常朝向神，或朝向當下如是的事物。

In careful and legal English, 'in contemplation of' means you are seriously lining something up: in contemplation of marriage, in contemplation of a move.

In careful and legal English在講究用字的法律英文裡，'in contemplation of'「in contemplation of」means you are seriously lining something up的意思是你正認真地在安排某件事：in contemplation of marriage像是準備結婚，in contemplation of a move或準備搬家。

Though actually, most people just say 'thinking about it' or 'turning it over.' Contemplation sounds stiller and a little raised, the kind of word a book uses when someone has gone quiet.

Though actually不過其實，most people just say大多數人只會說 'thinking about it'「thinking about it（想一想）」or 'turning it over.'或「turning it over（反覆思考）」。Contemplation sounds stiller and a little raisedContemplation 聽起來更靜、也稍微高雅一點，the kind of word a book uses是書裡會用的那種字，when someone has gone quiet用來描寫一個人突然安靜下來的時候。

It is not contempt, which is the cold feeling that someone is worth nothing — they only look similar on the page. And it is not the same as worry: worry loops; contemplation watches.

It is not contempt它不是 contempt（輕視），which is the cold feeling that someone is worth nothing輕視是一種覺得對方一文不值的冷淡感覺——they only look similar on the page這兩個字只是寫在紙上長得像而已。And it is not the same as worry它也跟 worry（擔心）不一樣：worry loops擔心會不斷打轉；contemplation watches沉思則是在觀察。