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。
• 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。
• Give us a few days to chew it over.
  给我们一些日子考虑考虑。
• I'll chew the problem over for a few days.
  这个问题我会仔细思考几天。
• I'll give you till tomorrow to chew it over.
  我给你一天时间考虑考虑这问题。
• 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。
• I'll chew it over for a few days and let you know my opinion.
  这件事我要仔细考虑几天，然后告诉你我的看法。
• Goldstone chewed over the idea further.
  戈德斯通进一步考虑了这个问题。
• 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。
• 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。