rack one's brains

  1. 绞尽脑汁
    • All night I have been tossing and turning racking my brains to think what could have possessed the young man to kill himself.
      整整一晚我辗转反侧, 绞尽脑汁, 想弄明白是什么原因竟能促成这个年轻人自杀。

网络词典

rack one's brains

英 ræk ən aɪbənz 美 ræk ən aɪbənz
动词短语 中文翻译:使某人头疼
同义词: ['worry', 'fret', 'bother']

例句:

  1. 1. Iracked my brains to come upwith an answer for the problem.
    我绞尽脑汁想出一个解决这个问题的办法。
  2. 2. Shewas racking her brains to rememberthe names of all the guests.
    她正努力回忆所有客人的名字。
  3. 3. Thestress of the exam madehim feel like he was racking his brains.
    考试的压力让他感到头昏脑胀。