mull over

英 [mʌl ˈəʊvə(r)]

美 [mʌl ˈoʊvər]

长时间思考; 仔细琢磨

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 反复思考;仔细琢磨
  If youmullsomethingover, you think about it for a long time before deciding what to do.
  1. McLaren had been mulling over an idea to make a movie...
     麦克拉伦琢磨着要拍一部电影已经有段时间了。
  2. I'll leave you alone here so you can mull it over.
     我不打扰你了，你在这儿可以仔细考虑考虑这事儿。

英英释义

verb

• reflect deeply on a subject
  1. I mulled over the events of the afternoon
  2. philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
  3. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
  Synonym:chew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflectmullruminatespeculate

双语例句

• Mr Brown said he would mull it over.
  布朗说他会仔细考虑议案。
• I mull them over in my head and stick with them until I get the right answer.
  i仔细考虑他们在我的头，并坚持与他们，直到我得到正确的答案。
• An impartial commission could be appointed to mull them over.
  一个公正的委员会可以被任命为仔细考虑他们。
• At Waves, Vancouver resident Chung Cheong used bitcoin to pay for his mug of tea and was happy to mull over the future of the digital currency.
  海浪咖啡内，温哥华的居民张聪正使用比特币买茶，考虑到虚拟货币的前景他表示很乐观。
• And did you know that those big things are getting rather dusty while you pour yourself another cup of coffee, and decide to mull things over rather than do them?
  你知不知道在你喝一杯咖啡或者做些无意义事情的时候，这些使命又蒙上了一层灰尘？
• They would rather mull over something academic about a problem rather than ship on time.
  对他们来说，与其准时完成工作，还不要去反覆思索某个问题的学术性。
• He tried to mull things over in his mind.
  他试图在他的脑海中思索事情。
• I sat there and tried to mull things over in my mind.
  我坐在那儿，尽量把事情仔细考虑一下。
• Van nistelrooy, having flirted with the idea of leaving United several times in recent years, is certain to mull over the matter as he spends this week on international duty with holland, doubtless aware that clubs in Italy and Spain continue to covet him.
  范尼，最近几年好几次想过离开曼联，本周他在国家队比赛期间真该好好想想这个问题了，毫无疑问的意大利和西班牙的球队一直对他充满兴趣。
• I need a few days to mull things over before I decide.
  我需要几天时间来仔细考虑，才能作出决定。