rack your brains
/ˌræk jə ˈbreɪnz/INFORMAL · C1
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絞盡腦汁
字面意思: «折磨你的腦子»
意思
to think very hard to remember or solve something
苦苦思索,想回憶起或解決某事.
例句
- 1I racked my brains, but I couldn't remember where I had parked the car.
- 2We've been racking our brains all afternoon for a name for the new café.
- 3Ben racked his brains for the answer to the last quiz question, but it wouldn't come to him.
- 4Don't rack your brains over that crossword clue; I'll look up the answer online.
- 5Aisha is racking her brains to think of a present for her grandad's ninetieth birthday.
文法
rack 變化形式:racks、racking、racked。your 隨主詞變化:my、his、our。也說 rack your brain。
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