ADVERB | VERB + PONDER | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤carefully, deeply, hard, seriously仔細考慮;深思▸➤(for) a moment考慮一會兒◇She pondered for a moment before replying.她回答前考慮了一會兒。➤quietly, silently靜靜地思考➤aloud自言自語◇She pondered aloud the question of what should be done.她大聲地自言自語應該怎麼辦。VERB + PONDER➤leave sb to讓某人思考◇He walked out of the room, leaving me to ponder what he had just said.他走出了房間,留下我思考他剛才說過的話。➤be forced to被迫思考➤pause to, stop to停下來思考◇Spencer stopped to ponder the thought.斯潘塞停下來考慮那個想法。PREPOSITION➤about考慮⋯◇This was something I had been pondering about for some time.這是我之前一段時間以來一直考慮的事。➤on思考⋯◇I walked up the stairs, pondering on her reaction to my news.我一邊上樓一邊考慮她對我帶去的消息的反應。➤over考慮⋯◇I pondered hard over the reply to his letter.我絞盡腦汁考慮該如何給他回信。