“Reflecting”常见用法是动词 reflect 的现在分词/动名词,主要意思包括:
/ rɪˈflɛktɪŋ /
After the meeting, I spent a few minutes reflecting on what went wrong.
会后,我花了几分钟反思哪里出了问题。
Reflecting on her childhood, she realized how much her teacher’s kindness had shaped her confidence.
回想童年,她意识到老师的善意在多大程度上塑造了她的自信。
来自拉丁语 reflectere,意为“折回、转回”(re- “回、再” + flectere “弯曲”)。最初偏向“把光线/方向折回”的物理含义,后来引申为“把注意力转回到自身或过去”,形成“反思”的意义。