暗示“思考”、“考虑”的词语的用法之五兆芳芳创作
在英语中，暗示“思考”、“考虑”的词语良多.在日常学习和教学中，笔者收集了一些此类词语，下面做一扼要阐发.
1.meditate 考虑, 思考.例如：
They are meditating a new experiment. 他们在考虑做一个新实验.
2.reflect on（或upon）仔细考虑；on reflection 经再三考虑.例如：
Please give me a minute to reflect. 请给我一点时间仔细考虑一下.
Please reflect on the matter. 请仔细考虑那件事情.
I reflected on possible reasons for my failure. 我仔细考虑导致我失败的种种原因.
On reflection, I gave up. 经过考虑，我保持了.
3.allow for考虑，考虑在内.例如：
It will take thirty minutes to reach the station，allowing for traffic delays.
到车站需三十分钟，连路上的交通耽搁考虑在内.
Allowing for the train being late，we should be back by 10：30.
weigh的用法考虑到火车晚点，我们应该在10：30回来.
4.turn over仔细考虑.例如：
He turned over the problem for hours. 他对这个问题考虑了好几个小时.
5．consider vt., consideration n. 思考，考虑.consider=take account of sth. = take sth. into account=take into consideration考虑，把某事纳入考虑之中.例如：
Having considered the problem more carefully, he regretted having made a decision in haste. 更仔细地考虑了该问题之后，他懊悔做出了匆忙的决定.
Apart from this consideration, there is no reason why we should not do so.
除去考虑这一点，不然我们没有理由不这样做.
You must take his inexperience into account.你必须考虑到他无经验（而予以体谅）.
Taking into account all the circumstances, he thought it wise not to say anything further. 考虑了所有的情况，他想仍是不要再说什么为妙.
I'd take into consideration his reputation with other farmers and business people in the community, and then make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.
我想把他与社区其他农民和商人来往的名声考虑进去，然后再决定是否同意为他提供贷款.
6．regard 考虑，思考.例如：
You should regard the matter from every point of view.你应当从每个角度来考虑这个问题.
7．regardless of 掉臂，不管，不肯考虑.例如：
Regardless of our mistakes, the teacher corrected our homework patiently.
老师不考虑我的作业中出的错误而耐心地批改.
8．think, think of (或through, over, about) 仔细考虑.例如：
From the way most people look at you, you'd think a trashman was a monster.你从大部分人看待你的方法考虑，垃圾工人是种怪物.
There are many things to think of before we decide.
在做出决定前，有许多事情需要考虑.
They’re thinking over moving to America.
他们正考虑移居美国.
Acting before thinking always results in failing.做事不先考虑总会导致失败.
We have a hundred and one things to think of before we can decide.
在做决定前，我们有许多事情要考虑.
9．sleep on 用在口语中，意思是“把（问题等）重新考虑，留到第二天再做决定”.例如：
Don’t take the job now，sleep on it first.你现在先别接受这个任务，考虑一下再说吧.
I’ll sleep on the matter and write to you tomorrow. 这件事我再考虑一下，明天给你书面覆信.
10．view 考虑，认为；in view of考虑到.例如：
Has the matter been viewed from the taxpayers’ standpoint?
这件事可曾从纳税人的角度来考虑？
In view of these facts, he had to admit his mistakes. 考虑到这些事实，他不克不及不承认错误.
11．given prep. 考虑到.例如：
Given their inexperience, they’ve done a good job. 考虑到他们缺乏经验，他们做的不错了.
Given their ages, they’ve performed very excellent. 考虑到他们的年龄，他们已经扮演得相
当好了.
12．at hand 被考虑中.例如：