consider

• consider [from Latin considerare 'to look at the stars, look at closely, examine', from com- + sidus 'star']
• sidereal: of the stars or measured by them
• ponder [Origin: ponderer 'to weigh', from Latin ponderare, from pondus 'weight']
• reckon [Language: Old English; Origin: gerecenian 'to tell, explain']
• think [Language: Old English; Origin: thencan]

Someone who is considerate pays attention to the needs, wishes, or feelings of other people. →inconsiderate, thoughtful, thoughtless

Considerable means great in amount or degree. →inconsiderable, considerably, significantly, substantial

con·sid·e·ra·tion  /kənsidə'reiʃən/ 的例句 (side·walk /'saidwɔ:k)

• We will give your proposals serious consideration.
• You must take the size of the room into consideration.
• After due consideration, it was decided not to offer her the job.
• I enclose the report for your consideration.
• On consideration, we have decided not to come.
• There are several amendments under consideration.
• He did it out of consideration for his daughter.
• There are several important safety considerations that must be taken into account.
• I might be able to help you, for a small consideration. (a payment for sth, esp a service)

Consideration is a concept of English common law and is a necessity for simple contracts but not for special contracts (contracts by deed). The concept has been adopted by other common law jurisdictions.

The court in Currie v Misa declared consideration to be a "Right, Interest, Profit, Benefit, or Forbearance, Detriment, Loss, Responsibility". Thus, consideration is a promise of something of value given by a promissor in exchange for something of value given by a promisee; and typically the thing of value is goods, money, or an act. Forbearance to act, such as an adult promising to refrain from smoking, is enforceable only if one is thereby surrendering a legal right.

• Forbearance is the quality of being patient, able to control your emotions, and willing to forgive someone who has upset you.
• If you forbear to do something, you do not do it although you have the opportunity or the right to do it.

Consideration may be thought of as the concept of value offered and accepted by people or organisations entering into contracts. Anything of value promised by one party to the other when making a contract can be treated as "consideration": for example, if A signs a contract to buy a car from B for $5,000, A's consideration is the $5,000, and B's consideration is the car.

Additionally, if A signs a contract with B such that A will paint B's house for $500, A's consideration is the service of painting B's house, and B's consideration is $500 paid to A. Further if A signs a contract with B such that A will not repaint his own house in any other colour than white, and B will pay A $500 per year to keep this deal up, there is also a consideration. Although A did not promise to affirmatively do anything, A did promise not to do something that he was allowed to do, and so A did pass consideration. A's consideration to B is the forbearance in painting his own house in a colour other than white, and B's consideration to A is $500 per year. Conversely, if A signs a contract to buy a car from B for $0, B's consideration is still the car, but A is giving no consideration, and so there is no valid contract. However, if B still gives the title to the car to A, then B cannot take the car back, since, while it may not be a valid contract, it is a valid gift.

六级/考研单词: ponder, weigh, reckon, considerate, enclose, necessity, deed, jurisdiction, detriment, thereby, refrain, enforce, surrender, illicit, upset, farther, affirm, converse, valid