On the ride down to Los Altos, they bandied around options.

在回洛斯阿尔托斯的路上，两人讨论了好几个名字。

That is the figure that is bandied around.

那是四处流传的人物。

Is being bandied around within government as a likely cost.

作为可能的成本在政府内部四处乱窜。

So what might Foucault say about the world today, where terms like 'fake news' and 'post-truth' are bandied around, and with the rise of social media and algorithms?

那么，随着社交媒体和算法的兴起，“假新闻”和“后真相”之类的术语被广为传播，福柯对当今世界会说些什么？

Terms like " corsair, " " buccaneer, " " privateer, " and others  were bandied around as synonyms for " pirate." However, they are not the same.

“corsair”、“buccaneer”、“privateer”等术语被广泛用作“海盗”的同义词。但是，它们并不相同。

And it's been an issue that's been bandied around politically in the House of Commons, but there is a sense that actually, there's been a lot of talk in this area but no real substantive action.

这一直是下议院在政治上讨论的一个问题，但实际上，在这方面有很多讨论， 但没有真正的实质性行动。