excogitate

英[eks'kɒdʒɪteɪt] 美[eks'kɒdʒəˌteɪt]
  • vt. 想出;设计
excogitative excogitation excogitated excogitated excogitating excogitates
GRE
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"

1. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate.
科学家必须停下来观察,然后开始思考.

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