Reflect
verb — past tense: reflected ; past participle: reflected ; present participle: reflecting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To throw back [rays of light, heat, sound, etc.]; to speak after careful thought) reflect an image ធ្វើឲ្យឃើញស្រមោល (កញ្ចក់)
Example: A mirror reflects light, The newspaper reflects public opinion.good grades reflect hard work បង្ហាញឲ្យឃើញនូវ, reflect shame on the parents ធ្វើឲ្យជះមកលើ reflect light ជះត្រឡប់មកវិញ - 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to consider attentively, to disparage) sit and reflect ជញ្ជឹងគិត, reflect on (the past) ជញ្ជឹងគិតដល់ reflect on (his reputation) ធ្វើឲ្យ ខូចដល់
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) Sb / something (in something) បង្ហាញនូវ សញ្ចឹងគិត
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: reflected ; past participle: reflected ; present participle: reflecting ;
- 1.
- To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
- 2.
- To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.