🇬🇧🇨🇳 ponder - 思考 : English Lesson

Meaning of "ponder" ("思考"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To ponder means to stop and think very carefully about something, often for a while, as you try to figure it out, understand it, or make a good decision.

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I like to ponder important questions, like why my socks disappear but the smelly ones always stay.

I had to ponder if eating a seventh cookie was genius or a terrible life choice.

I pondered why adults say “sleep like a baby” when babies wake up every two hours screaming.

Our teacher asked a math question, and my brain went silent to ponder its life choices.

Scientists still ponder huge mysteries like black holes and outer space, but I mostly ponder where all the missing jigsaw puzzle pieces go.

At dawn she sat on the cold pier and held a smooth shell. She would ponder the sea's calm, ponder the knot in her chest, ponder which door to open, ponder the child's laughter that came in her head, and ponder how a small choice could change everything. She breathed, smiled, and walked toward the town.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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