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muse on/over/about sth
muse常与介词on/over/about连用，表示对某事的沉思。
She sat by the window, musing on the meaning of life.
她坐在窗边，沉思人生的意义。
沉思；冥想
musing — present participle of muse
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沉思；冥想
To become lost in thought; to think deeply or meditate.
She sat by the window, musing on the meaning of life.
她坐在窗边，沉思人生的意义。
陷入沉思,思考。
To become lost in thought, to ponder.
深思熟虑地说出。
To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
思考；冥想。
To think on; to meditate on.
感到惊奇；惊叹。
To wonder at.
muse
Base
原形
muses
3rd person
第三人称单数
musing
-ing
现在分词
mused
Past
过去式
mused
Past participle
过去分词
She often muses on the meaning of life.
她经常思考生命的意义。
He mused about his childhood.
他沉思自己的童年。
I am musing over a problem.
我正在思考一个问题。
She sat by the window and mused about her future career.
她坐在窗边，沉思着未来的职业。
The poet often muses on the beauty of nature.
这位诗人经常沉思自然之美。
He mused over the problem for hours before finding a solution.
他花了几个小时沉思这个问题，才找到解决方案。
muse常与介词on/over/about连用，表示对某事的沉思。
She sat by the window, musing on the meaning of life.
她坐在窗边，沉思人生的意义。
muse后可接that从句，引出沉思的具体内容。
He mused that the world might never be the same again.
他沉思道，世界可能再也回不到从前了。
muse也可接wh-从句，表达对某事的思索。
I mused how different things could have been.
我沉思事情原本会有多么不同。
muse aloud表示自言自语地沉思；muse to oneself表示暗自思索。
"I wonder if we're doing the right thing," she mused aloud.
“我不知道我们做得对不对，”她自言自语地沉思道。
Not this
I mused the problem for hours.
Use this
I mused on the problem for hours.
动词 "muse" 是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语，需要介词 "on"、"over" 或 "about"。
Not this
The children were mused by the clown.
Use this
The children were amused by the clown.
"muse" 意为沉思，"amuse" 意为逗乐，两者拼写相似但意义不同。此处应为 "amuse"。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
沉思；仔细思考
She mused on the choices she had made.
她仔细思考着自己做出的选择。
自言自语地沉思；若有所思地说
He mused aloud about the possibility of moving abroad.
他自言自语地琢磨着移居国外的可能性。
若有所思地说；思索道
She mused that the old house must have many stories.
她若有所思地说，那栋老房子一定有很多故事。
我默想你手所做的工。（《圣经·诗篇》143:5）
She mused on the strange coincidence for a long time.
她长时间思考着这个奇怪的巧合。
我心中火热，我默想的时候，火就烧起来。（《圣经·诗篇》39:3）
He sat by the window, musing about what to do next.
他坐在窗边，沉思着接下来该怎么办。
Use musing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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muse 中含有 use，提醒你遇事先“用”脑深思熟虑，再行动：这就是沉思。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学性叙述、书面表达 作动词表示“沉思、冥想”或“若有所思地说”时，通常用于文学或较正式的书面语，日常口语中较少出现，可用 think 或 ponder 等词替代。
与 muse /mjuːz/ 押韵的词包括 fuse /fjuːz/、bruise /bruːz/、choose /tʃuːz/、lose /luːz/、whose /huːz/，它们都以 /uːz/ 结尾（fuse 和 muse 还共享 -use 拼写）。注意 mouse /maʊs/ 拼写相似但读音不同，不要混淆。
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