rack your brains

Nghĩa

to think very hard to remember or solve something

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Ví dụ

1. 1I racked my brains, but I couldn’t remember where I had parked the car.
2. 2We’ve been racking our brains all afternoon for a name for the new café.
3. 3Ben racked his brains for the answer to the last quiz question, but it wouldn’t come to him.
4. 4Don’t rack your brains over that crossword clue; I’ll look up the answer online.
5. 5Aisha is racking her brains to think of a present for her grandad’s ninetieth birthday.

Ngữ pháp

rack thay đổi: racks, racking, racked. your đổi theo chủ ngữ: my, his, our. Cũng dùng rack your brain.

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