chew over

英 [tʃuː ˈəʊvə(r)]

美 [tʃuː ˈoʊvər]

仔细考虑; 充分讨论

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 反复思考;不断考虑
  If youchewsomethingover, you keep thinking about it.
  1. He tends to chew things over too much in his mind...
     他这个人就爱在心里反复琢磨事儿。
  2. Goldstone chewed over the idea further.
     戈德斯通进一步考虑了这个问题。

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:think overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflectmullmull overruminatespeculate

双语例句

• News that Australia's competition authority wants more time to chew over Rio's iron ore production joint venture with BHP Billiton is ominous.
  澳大利亚竞争监管机构希望用更多时间审查力拓与必和必拓（BHPBilliton）成立铁矿石合资生产企业的计划，这是个不祥之兆。
• He tends to chew things over too much in his mind
  他这个人就爱在心里反复琢磨事儿。
• Officials meet regularly to chew over the future of the company.
  官员们定期见在商讨公司的未来。
• Goldstone chewed over the idea further.
  戈德斯通进一步考虑了这个问题。
• Why don't we do lunch sometime and chew this over?
  我们为何不找个时间边用午餐，边仔细讨论一下这个问题？
• It's an interesting suggestion, but we need a bit longer to chew it over.
  这是个很好的建议，但我们仍需要更多一点时间对它加以考虑。
• Let's chew over the idea before making any decisions.
  在下结论前，让我们再讨论一次。
• I'll chew the problem over for a few days.
  这个问题我会仔细思考几天。
• Developing countries chew up over half of the world's energy and hold most of its foreign-exchange reserves.
  发展中国家一方面咀嚼着世界能源的多数，另一方面把持着外汇储备的大半。
• During the seemingly repeated days, it is wise for us to accumulate our experience of life little by little, chew over it and develop it to a higher level.
  在貌似重复的岁月里，我们有必要让内心的生命体验一点点凝聚、回味和升华。