rack your brains

/ˌræk jə ˈbreɪnz/INFORMAL · C1
中文对应完全对应
绞尽脑汁
字面意思: «折磨你的脑子»

含义

to think very hard to remember or solve something

苦苦思索,想回忆起或解决某事.

例句

  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.

语法

rack 变化形式:racks、racking、racked。your 随主语变化:my、his、our。也说 rack your brain。

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