核心畫面
Picture someone sitting still and alone, with one thing turning over and over in their mind for a long time. Nothing happens on the outside; everything happens inside. That long, quiet, inward staying-with-something is the picture behind all three uses — whether what fills the mind is a question, an empty calm, or a plan.
可以想成一個人靜靜地獨自坐著，心裡有件事翻來覆去很久。外面什麼都沒發生，事情全在裡面進行。這種安靜、長時間、往內待著…更多收起
可以想成一個人靜靜地獨自坐著，心裡有件事翻來覆去很久。外面什麼都沒發生，事情全在裡面進行。這種安靜、長時間、往內待著的畫面，串起了三個用法——差別只在心裡裝的是一個問題、一片空白的平靜，還是一個計畫。原始詞典資料4 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。
meditateverb/ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/
- 1
To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
- 2
To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
- 3
To consider; to reflect on.
- […] yet I can by no means be persuaded that he could find leisure enough to write so many copies of it in his solitudes and sufferings, in the midst of treaties, in the hurry of removals, while he meditated his escape, and was strictly observ'd by his guards.
- He lay and meditated the sluggishness of his bowels. This created pictures of chrome and porcelain and attendant circumstances.
meditateadj/ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/
- 1
obsoleteMeditated.
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。