usually mull something ↔ over to think about a problem, plan etc for a long time before making a decision 认真琢磨,反复思考〔问题、计划等〕SYN consider
He’s mulling over the proposals before making any changes.
实施变革之前他在反复考虑这些建议。
The company is mulling over a share offer.
公司在酿发行股票。
Examples from the Corpus
mull• Constantmulling had left Father Vic afflicted with a widearray of nervoustics, small flinches and exasperatedsighs.• The amateur crypto-hackers challenge each statement, asking for clarification, mulling it over until each understands.• He's mulling over an offer from NBC to star in his own series.• There, with a copioussupply of scotch, he mulled over the day's events.• Barney appeared to be mulling over what he had just learned; several times he looked searchingly at Melissa across the table.• Kirov mulled over what he knew of the man thus far.• For some days he had been mulling this over, trying to come up with something more interesting than Wyvis Hall.