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深思熟虑, 长时间仔细思考
to think carefully and at length about something
- She likes to ruminate on philosophical questions before bed.
她喜欢在睡前深思哲学问题。
- He ruminates over every decision, weighing all possible outcomes.
他对每一个决定都反复思考，权衡所有可能的结果。
- The poet ruminated on love and loss while walking alone.
诗人独自散步时，沉思着爱与失去。
- They ruminate on past mistakes to avoid repeating them.
他们沉思过去的错误以避免重蹈覆辙。
- I often ruminate on what success really means.
我经常深思成功真正意味着什么。
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反刍, 咀嚼从胃里反刍的食物
to chew food that has been regurgitated from the stomach, as done by certain animals like cows
- The cow ruminates peacefully in the shade.
牛在阴凉处平静地反刍。
- After grazing, the sheep settled down to ruminate.
放牧后，羊群安定下来反刍。
- You can tell the goat is healthy when it ruminates regularly.
当山羊定期反刍时，你可以说它是健康的。
- The buffalo ruminated slowly, its jaw moving in circles.
水牛在慢慢地反刍，它的下巴在画圈移动。
- That calf hasn't started to ruminate yet—it's still nursing.
那头小牛还没有开始反刍—它还在吃奶。