1·"If I could have just what I wanted," Sharon mused, "I'd work half days."
“如果我能心想事成”，莎伦沉思自语道，“我想只工作半天。”
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·"In THIS world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," mused Benjamin Franklin.
本杰明·富兰克林曾沉思，“在这个世界上，除了死亡和税收，没有什么是确定无疑的”。
3·"Not so well," he mused thoughtfully, "I couldn't think of anything to say after she said hi, so I told her I loved her."
他陷入沉思，“当她说完Hi之后我不知道应该说什么，所以我告诉她我爱她。”
4·I mused to myself; and sore misgivings came over me that there was slight hope of that.
我暗自沉思着，一阵痛苦的疑惧涌进我心头，那是很少有希望的。
5·"Now you know why I'm still single," my thirtysomething girlfriend mused the other day as I complained about yet another disappointing date. "single men are all the same," she continued.
前几天当我抱怨又一次令人失望的约会时，我的一个三十来岁的闺蜜沉思自语道：“现在你知道我为什么还是单身了吧，男人都是一样的。”
1·I mused: I had a presentiment in the bottom of my heart that he had better have remained away.
我冥想着——在我的心底有一种预感，他若是一直留在外乡，那还好些。
2·In another month or so, her condition is going to be very noticeable indeed. In fact, 'he mused, noticing the faint thickening of her waistline,' it's beginning to show already.
实际上，过一两个月，她的状况的确会很明显的了，'他冥想，注意到她的腰围渐渐变大，已经有点显示出来了。'。