philosophize

1 Among the abundant talents possessed by Les 7 Doigts de la Main — the philosophizing acrobats whose delightful new show “Séquence 8” runs through Sunday at City Center — is a gift for subverting metaphors.

2 A sometimes ghastly mix of covert self-congratulation, awkward confession and wry philosophizing undercut by heavy-handed irony, Red Book prose can be an exercise in confessional self-concealment.

3 In the quirky comedy, May and Horace, two mayflies, philosophize about their short lives.

4 He counseled “action, and not just philosophizing,” and “the power of positive thinking.”

5 Arthur, spurred to an uncharacteristic moment of philosophizing, puts in his own two cents: “And you haven’t really.”

6 I’m not sure where else they are supposed to be, but since the writer and director of “Everybody Wants Some!!” is Richard Linklater, there’s no harm in accepting an invitation to some casual philosophizing.

7 Bill tells Ted to philosophize.

8 Even Hemingway’s philosophizing on sex and death, which he expounds to Gil, is Woody Allen’s sly homage to the great writer:

9 And like many artists drawn to gambling themes, she can’t resist clunky philosophizing about life, chance and certainty.

10 And for all their high-minded philosophizing, these books’ geeky humor remains a big part of their appeal.

11 Sure, we might say, that’s funny, you should keep that or what if you added this line? but you will never see us philosophizing why something is funny.

12 It superficially resembles one of those ubiquitous cable-television shows in which a semi-celebrity bounces around the globe tasting the food and philosophizing with the locals.

13 The result is pure Herzog oratorical, punctuated by spiky humor, ending with a riff of surreal visual philosophizing about the limits of perception.

14 Not here, where the character’s philosophizing is born out of a poet’s broken heart.

15 Samuel may have thought and played and philosophized about death, but he did not really believe in it.

16 Eno’s narrow and incessant philosophizing, however, quickly limits the play from exploring other themes that may have otherwise proved more fruitful.

17 The lyrics were respectful but all business—or business with a little philosophizing, in the tradition of so many great historical lovers.

18 But what’s really most ridiculous about “Batman v Superman” is its lugubrious solemnity and generic philosophizing.

19 Just like the characters in Russo’s most iconic novels, “Nobody’s Fool” and “Empire Falls,” these men aren’t particularly good at philosophizing.

20 Her speech caused him to philosophize that perhaps life is not so terrible after all.

她的话使他想开了，也许生活并不那么糟糕。

1 讨论

conference discussion debate talk treat argue confer powwow

2 说教

homiletic sermon homily moralism moralize sermonize read a chapter didactic gnomic jaw discourse preachment preachify preach

3 高谈阔论

mouth off bloviate sound off about sound off

4 解释

read construction explanation interpretation excuse gloss illumination éclaircissement understand explain solve crack interpret construe enlighten unpack decrypt elucidate explicate unriddle

5 理论化

theorize

6 思索

speculative thought thinking speculation thoughtfulness intellection think puzzle speculate study mull rumination cerebrate run cerebration self-communing

7 沉思

thoughtful reflective meditative pensive ruminant muse gloat navel-gazing cogitate contemplate ponder meditate brood ruminate in a brown study chew over chew on

8 故弄玄虚

mysterious

9 思考

thoughtful reflective speculative ruminative think thought thinking reflection speculation cerebration reason review reflect nurse speculate

10 说明

expositive descriptive explanatory interpretive exponent illuminating explicative why light account comment explanation representation interpretation translation illustration caption solvent clarification exposition explication rede eclaircissement run explain expound gloze enounce show state put open shape demonstrate solve import translate illustrate interpret clarify unfold utter illuminate undo elucidate explicate disburden unriddle