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

• Banality weakens our intellectual, spiritual and ethical muscles, rendering us flabby thinkers, unable or unwilling to chew over the difficult matter of experience and make it part of us.
  平庸削弱我们的智力、精神乃至伦理力量，把我们塑造成有气无力的思考者，没有能力或不愿意咀嚼经验中艰涩的事物，并使之成为我们的一部分。
• Each blogger is capable of bias and slander, but, taken as a group, bloggers offer the searcher after truth boundless material to chew over.
  每个博客都有可能抱有偏见和说些诽谤性的话，但是作为整体，博客们为寻找真相的人们提供了大量值得仔细琢磨的材料。
• Let's chew over the idea before making any decisions.
  在下结论前，让我们再讨论一次。
• Goldstone chewed over the idea further.
  戈德斯通进一步考虑了这个问题。
• I'll give you till tomorrow to chew it over.
  我给你一天时间考虑考虑这问题。
• We used to meet at weekend and chew the fat over coffee and sunflower seeds.
  我们经常在周末一起聊天，一边喝着咖啡，一边吃瓜子。
• Give us a few days to chew it over.
  给我们一些日子考虑考虑。
• 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。
• Then, after a semester, we analyze the result and chew over again and again.
  最后，通过一个学期的实践，观察结果，对该结果进行分析并深深反思。
• 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？