deliberate

1. ADJ If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance. 故意的

Witnesses say the firing was deliberate and sustained. 目击者说这次射击是蓄意的，而且还持续了一段时间。

2. deliberatelyADV 故意地

It looks as if the blaze was started deliberately. 看来那场火是有人故意放的。

3. ADJ If a movement or action is deliberate, it is done slowly and carefully. 从容谨慎的

...stepping with deliberate slowness up the steep paths. …小心翼翼地缓步走上陡峭的小径。

4. deliberatelyADV 从容谨慎地[ADV after v]

The Japanese have acted calmly and deliberately. 那些日本人表现得镇定且从容。

5. V-T/V-I If you deliberate, you think about something carefully, especially before making a very important decision. 仔细考虑

She deliberated over the decision for a good few years before she finally made up her mind. 在她最终下定决心之前，她仔细考虑了这个决定多年。