mulled over

For the past three years I've been working in Chinese education, and I've constantly mulled over two questions.

在过去的三年里我一直致力于中国的教育工作，我常常思考两个问题。

For years China's Communist Party has mulled over the idea of allowing a modicum of open competition for its top job.

多年以来，中国共产党一直在研究，对党的最高职位是否要允许有那么一点公开竞争。

For centuries, Japanese authors, poets, and artists have mulled over the existential instabilityof their island life.

几百年来，日本作家、诗人和艺术家一直在思索这个民族在岛上生存的不稳定性。

Arguments for and against had been thoroughly mulled over.

赞成的论据和反对的论据都已经仔细考虑过了。

He mulled over the offer for some time, but finally rejected it.

他考虑一下这项援助，终于拒绝了。

I mulled over the issue the whole afternoon.

我一整个下午都在考虑这个问题。

I've mulled over these warnings and have converged on what I think are some simple truths, from a purely astronomical perspective.

我曾经也反复思考过这些警告，并从纯粹的天文学角度来集中考虑一些简单的事实。

I mulled over the events of the afternoon.

我反复考虑今天下午的一系列事情。

I have mulled over your suggestion but I still haven't decided what to do.

我已经考虑过你的建议，但还没决定做什么。

studied in think tanks, mulled over by policymakers

同时也是智库与决策人员观察与思考到的