安靜想很久的人或氣氛
畫面最直接的用法：形容那個在想的人，或他身邊那份安靜。
adjective · C1
Spending a lot of time thinking quietly and seriously, or showing that kind of slow, inward thinking.
沉思的
核心畫面
One way to hold this word is a person sitting still while a thought keeps turning. Nothing is being solved and nothing is being said; the thinking is slow on purpose, and the quiet is part of it. From there the word can point at the person, at the mood or silence around them, at a place that invites it, and at a whole life built to protect it.
contemplative 可以想成這樣一個畫面：一個人坐著不動，腦袋裡有件事一直在轉。沒有要解決什麼，也沒有要說什…更多收起
contemplative 可以想成這樣一個畫面：一個人坐著不動，腦袋裡有件事一直在轉。沒有要解決什麼，也沒有要說什麼，那個慢是故意的，安靜也是其中一部分。從這個畫面出發，這個字可以指那個人、指他周圍的氣氛或沉默、指讓人自然安靜下來的地方，也可以指整套為了保住這份安靜而安排的生活。From the word’s history
The source traces the word through Middle English contemplatyve and Old French contemplatif back to Latin contemplātīvus. It came into English whole rather than being built from English parts, which is why the adjective and the noun look identical.
來源資料說這個字經由中古英文 contemplatyve、古法文 contemplatif，上溯到拉丁文 contemplātīvus。它是整個借進英文的，不是用英文的字根拼出來的。這也說明了為什麼形容詞和名詞長得一模一樣。
packet wiktionary entries for contemplative (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1272486967:13393 and :1272500360:2681): 'From Middle English contemplatyve, contemplatyf, from Old French contemplatif, from Latin contemplātīvus.'
Two branches
把默想當成生活
同一個畫面被放大成一輩子：不是偶爾安靜下來，而是把整天、整生都安排成這個樣子。
adjective · C2
Belonging to a religious life, group or practice that is given to prayer and quiet thought rather than to active work in the world.
默觀的；靜修的