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

• LL: Well that still gives you some time to mull it over.
  我跟人家说下星期一给他们答复。
• The manager needs time to mull over our proposals.
  经理需要时间来审慎考虑我们的提案。
• You'll need time to mull things over.
  你需要时间把思绪整理一下。
• He tried to mull things over in his mind.
  他试图在他的脑海中思索事情。
• Mull that one over for a while, okay?
  好好想想这一点，行么？
• 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。
• They'll need time to mull over the proposals.
  他们需要时间来仔细考虑这些建议。
• Yet if we just press the "pause" button on our emotions, taking time to mull over our choices, many crises can be defused.
  然而如果我们能给自己的情绪按个“暂停”，给自己时间好好思考的话，很多危机就可以被避免了。
• 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。
• LL: So why don't you just forget about it tonight, and mull it over during the weekend?
  好，就听你的，我们今天晚上什么都不想了，去看电影，周末再做决定。