philosophize /fɪˈlɒsəˌfaɪz/ ( philosophizing, philosophized, philosophizes )

BRIT also philosophise

• 1. 

  V-I If you say that someone is philosophizing, you mean that they are talking or thinking about important subjects, sometimes instead of doing something practical. 推究; 思考

  例：

  He philosophized, he admitted, not because he was certain of establishing the truth, but because it gave him pleasure.

  他承认自己反复推究不是因为他确定找到了真理，而是因为那给了他很多乐趣。

  例：

  ...a tendency to philosophize about racial harmony.

  ...一种推究种族和谐的倾向。

• 2. 

  philosophizing N-UNCOUNT

  例：

  The general was anxious to cut short the philosophizing and get down to more urgent problems.

  那位将军急于打断那些高谈阔论，着手解决更加紧急的问题。