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excogitate

英[ɪks'kɒdʒɪteɪt;eks-] 美[ɛks'kɑdʒə,tetɪv]
  • vt. 想出;发明;设计

英英释意


1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) 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"