excogitate

英 [eks'kɒdʒɪteɪt] 美 [eks'kɒdʒəˌteɪt]

• vt. 想出；设计

英英释义

Verb:

1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

   "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
   

2. reflect deeply on a subject;

   "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
   "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
   "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• study 研究
• conceive 设想
• formulate 用公式表示
• devise 设计
• think over 仔细考虑
• mull 思索
• invent 发明
• forge 锻造
• contemplate 注视
• chew over 仔细考虑
• ponder 沉思
• meditate 沉思
• speculate 推测
• ruminate 深思
• contrive 图谋
• mull over 仔细考虑
• reflect 反映
• muse 沉思