Word · Frequency #15721
Fully loadedmeditates
冥想；打坐
meditates is the third person singular of meditate.
to sit or lie quietly and focus your mind in order to relax or become more aware
- 1.
To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
沉思；专注于某事物；研究。
- 2.
To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
坐卧并进入深度休息但仍保持意识。
- 3.
To consider; to reflect on.
考虑；反思。
沉思；深思；仔细考虑；沉思；专注于某事物；研究。；坐卧并进入深度休息但仍保持意识。；考虑；反思。；想
In use
She meditates every morning to clear her mind.
Yesterday, I meditated for 20 minutes in the garden.
He is meditating in his room, so please do not disturb him.
meditate on/upon sth
表示“沉思、反复思考”时，介词 on 或 upon 后接思考的对象。
She meditated on the meaning of his words for a long time.
她久久地沉思他那番话的含义。
meditate
不带宾语，指打坐冥想，让自己进入深度休息但保持清醒。
He meditates for twenty minutes every morning.
他每天早晨冥想二十分钟。
Verb forms
base meditate · third person meditates · -ing meditating · past meditated · past participle meditated
规则动词，过去式直接加-ed。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- meditate on something
- 沉思某事；仔细考虑某事
- She meditated on the question for a long time.她长时间沉思这个问题。
- meditate deeply
- 深入沉思；深度冥想
- Before answering, he meditated deeply.回答之前，他深入沉思了一会儿。
- meditate daily
- 每天冥想
- She makes time to meditate daily.她腾出时间每天冥想。
- meditate in silence
- 静默冥想
- They meditated in silence for ten minutes.他们静默冥想十分钟。
- meditate for hours
- 冥想数小时
- He meditated for hours at the mountain retreat.他在山中静修处冥想数小时。
- meditate to relieve stress
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把'med'联想成medicine（药）：冥想打坐，如同给心灵吃药，静心沉思。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常正念或冥想练习、书面语或正式场合表达沉思 该词在表示实际冥想时属于中性常用词；在表示“沉思、考虑”时多用于书面语或较正式的表达。日常口语中若想说“思考”，更常用 think 或 reflect。请根据具体语境选择。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in -itate and share the unstressed /ɪteɪt/ ending with meditate, but none rhymes with it because the stressed vowel and following consonants differ. Beware of lookalikes: facilitate /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/ has stress on the second syllable, and mediate /ˈmiːdieɪt/ has a different vowel /iː/, so neither sounds like meditate.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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