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

• In Munich, they chew over the contrasts between the two continents: risk-taking versus safety nets, the free market versus regulations, start-ups versus incumbents.
  在慕尼黑，他们详细讨论了欧美两大洲之间的差异，话题包括风险承担与安全网络、自由市场与监管条规、初创公司与现有企业等。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'll give you till tomorrow to chew it over.
  我给你一天时间考虑考虑这问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。