take stock idiom
C2 仔细考虑;作出判断;评估
To take stock (of something) is to think carefully about a situation or event and form an opinion about it, so that you can decide what to do.
After two years spent teaching overseas, she returned home for a month to take stock of her life. 在国外教了两年书之后，她回国呆了一个月，反思自己的生活。