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deliberate on/upon/about sth
表示就某件事仔细考虑或讨论，常与介词 on、upon 或 about 连用。
The jury deliberated on the verdict for three days.
陪审团就裁决 deliberated 了三天。
仔细考虑；斟酌；商议
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仔细考虑；斟酌；商议
to think about or discuss something very carefully
The jury deliberated on the verdict for three days.
陪审团就裁决 deliberated 了三天。
仔细考虑；深思。
To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
仔细考虑；权衡
think about carefully; weigh
仔细考虑事物的正反理由；深思。
To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.
讨论利弊；商议
discuss the pros and cons of an issue
deliberate
Base
原形
deliberates
3rd person
第三人称单数
deliberating
-ing
现在分词
deliberated
Past
过去式
deliberated
Past participle
过去分词
The committee deliberately deliberates every proposal.
委员会仔细审议每一项提案。
She deliberately deliberated for hours before making a decision.
她仔细考虑了数小时才做出决定。
They have deliberately deliberated the matter thoroughly.
他们已经彻底地审议了此事。
deliberate作为动词是规则变化，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
She always deliberates before making a decision.
她在做决定之前总是仔细考虑。
The committee deliberated for hours before reaching a verdict.
委员会仔细讨论了几个小时才达成裁决。
I'm deliberating whether to accept the job offer.
我正在仔细考虑是否接受这份工作邀请。
表示就某件事仔细考虑或讨论，常与介词 on、upon 或 about 连用。
The jury deliberated on the verdict for three days.
陪审团就裁决 deliberated 了三天。
用于表示考虑是否做某事，后接 whether to 不定式。
They deliberated whether to accept the offer.
他们 deliberated 是否接受这个提议。
表示与某人一起讨论或商议某事。
She deliberated with her team about the new strategy.
她和团队 deliberated 新策略。
Not this
He is deliberate about his choices.
Use this
He deliberates about his choices.
动词'deliberate'表示'仔细考虑'时，不能与系动词'be'连用作形容词，应以其动词形式使用。
Not this
I deliberated the issue for hours.
Use this
I deliberated on the issue for hours.
动词'deliberate'是不及物动词，后接宾语时需加介词'on'或'about'，不能直接跟宾语。
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仔细考虑；审议
The committee will deliberate on the proposal next week.
委员会下周将审议这项提案。
反复权衡；仔细斟酌
She deliberated over whether to accept the job offer.
她反复权衡是否接受这份工作邀请。
仔细斟酌；深思熟虑
Before making a decision, you should deliberate carefully.
在做出决定之前，你应该仔细斟酌。
讨论（或审议）这个问题
The board deliberated the issue for two hours before voting.
董事会在投票前审议这个问题两个小时。
讨论（或审议）这件事
We need more time to deliberate the matter thoroughly.
我们需要更多时间来彻底审议这件事。
商议裁决（陪审团用语）
The jury retired to deliberate the verdict.
陪审团退庭商议裁决。
就…进行深思熟虑
The committee deliberated on the proposal for hours.
委员会就这个提案深思熟虑了好几个小时。
仔细考虑（某事）
She deliberated over whether to accept the job offer.
她仔细考虑是否接受那份工作邀请。
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记忆联想：deliberate 中包含 liberate（解放），但解放前需深思熟虑。
“deliberate”作为动词时，意为“仔细考虑”，多用于正式场合或需要深思熟虑的情况，如会议讨论、决策制定等。在日常口语中较少使用。
这些单词拼写都以 -ate 结尾，但作为动词时发音多为 /eɪt/，而 deliberate (verb) 根据给定发音为 /dɪlɪbɝət/，末尾读作 /ɝət/，因此并不押韵。请注意拼写相似但发音不同。
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