绞尽脑汁

• to wrack one's brains
• rack one's brains
• cudgel one's brains for
• rack one's brain(s)
• to rack one's brain

参考释义

绞尽脑汁 [jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī]

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例句

1. 他绞尽脑汁以寻求答案。
   He puzzled his brains (ie thought hard) to find the answer.
2. 我们为寻找答案而绞尽脑汁。
   We racked our brains for an answer.
3. 即使绞尽脑汁，他还是连一个例子也想不出来。
   Even after racking his brains he couldn't think of a single example.

短语

• 费尽心机
• 呕心沥血
• 煞费苦心
• 搜索枯肠
• 处心积虑

近反义词

【近义词】

• 抵死谩生
• 想方设法
• 千方百计
• 挖空心思
• 左思右想