toy with的理解问题

With surging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the world have begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as wells

此处的toy with 是什么意思?网上的意思是不太认真地考虑,可感觉这里好像不是这种含义?

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最佳答案 2019-11-14 01:13

    在toy with the idea of doing sth. 这个结构中,toy with 的含义是“[通常指短暂且不很认真地]考虑”。例如:

    I've been toying with the idea of going to Japan to visit them. 我最近有个念头,想去日本看看他们。(摘自《朗文当代高级英语辞典》第六版)

    I toyed with the idea of joining the club.我漫不经心地盘算着加入那个俱乐部的事。


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toy with (something)

: to think about (something) briefly and not very seriously

  • toyed with the idea of moving to France but ended up staying here.

可译为“有过...的想法”。

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