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

• 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。
• For two full weeks before his MBA Admissions interview at Harvard Business School, Alex Kleiner would mull over a list of potential questions every night before going to bed.
  哈佛商学院（HarvardBusinessSchool，简称HBS）的MBA招生面试前整整两周，亚历克斯•克莱纳每天晚上睡觉前都反复琢磨着一份可能被问到的问题清单。
• You will actually benefit by not telling anyone about what has been proposed to you, so take time to mull things over.
  你会从没有告诉任何人什么已经向你求婚中得到好处，所以，要花时间去仔细考虑事情了。
• 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。
• You are entering a pivotal month, where decisions you mull over now will stay with you for a long time.
  你进入了关键的一个月，你现在所做的决定将会在长时间之内影响着你的生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。