1.mull over 認真琢磨,反復思考
They'll need time to mull over the proposals.
他們需要時間來仔細考慮這些建議。
What's there to mull over?
有什么可考慮的?
2.in the form of 用…的形式
Liverpool invented financial derivatives, in the form of cotton futures.
利物浦以棉花期貨的形式,發明了金融衍生品。
Financial arrangements can also be in the form of ads and free trips.
金錢上的回報也可以通過做廣告和免費旅行的形式來安排。
3.as well as 既…又…;除…之外
Yet they provoke fear as well as wonder.
然而他們也激起了恐懼以及困惑。
That implies criticism as well as support.
這句話暗示著夫妻間的相互支持以及相互批評。
4.provide for 為…提供生活費;為…作準備
here are no known laws that provide for public access to government information.
沒有發現哪部法律規定了對政府信息的公開制度。
Even if egypt's islamists refrain from scrapping the peace treaty, israel fears they will seek to amend the clauses that provide for sinai's demilitarisation.
就算埃及的伊斯蘭當政者沒有廢除戴維營和平協議,以色列依然害怕埃及將修改那些規定西奈半島非軍事化的條款。