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

• Mull that one over for a while, okay?
  好好想想这一点，行么？
• Doubts about Demanding Criminal Compensation from Police Who Use Apparatuses and Weapons Illegally but without Faults& To Mull over Conditions of Demanding Criminal Compensation from a Case of State Compensation
  对无过错违法使用警械、武器的民警刑事追偿质疑&一例国家赔偿案引发的刑事追偿条件反思
• 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。
• 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。
• Take a few days, mull it over.
  花几天时间好好想想吧。
• Take some time to mull over these questions do some soul-searching and then if you think you have what it takes go for it.
  花点时间想想这些问题，不妨进行深刻的自我反省。假如你还是认为自己具备创业所需的条件，那么就放手去干吧。
• 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 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。
• You'll need time to mull things over.
  你需要时间把思绪整理一下。
• 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。