单词 | deliberator |
释义 | deliberatorn. A person who deliberates, esp. one who engages in careful consideration or reflection; (in later use occasionally) an indecisive person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders ponderer?1526 considerera1568 contemplator1597 deliberator1598 surveyor1606 chewer1612 head-scratcher1618 considerator1658 reflecter1665 reflector1665 deliberant1672 preoccupier1746 ruminator1758 phrontist1822 incubator1851 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques iii. vii. 158 The Senate and the people, are those that gouerne and beare rule, these (to wit, the Counsellor, the Deliberatour [Fr. le deliberant], and the Iudge) being but particles and portions of the other. 1638 tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death 104 Quintus Fabius Maximus was..a wise Man, and a great Deliberatour [L. Cunctator]. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (new ed.) II. 210 The dull and unfeeling deliberators of questions on which a good heart and understanding can intuitively decide. 1858 Morning Post 10 July 4/5 Each of these important bodies has sent forth an elaborate report of its proceedings, the speeches of its leading members, and the views adopted by the assembled deliberators. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 11/2 He portrays Lawrence as a mental deliberator, a writer who is constantly divided in his thoughts. 2019 London Evening Standard (Nexis) 25 Apr. No other film-maker was such a planner and deliberator, such a designer of his work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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