philosophize

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

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。

...a tendency to philosophize about racial harmony. ...一种推究种族和谐的倾向。

2. philosophizingN-UNCOUNT

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。