[ sōusuǒkūcháng ] rack [ransack] one's brains (for fresh ideas or apt expressions); beat [cudgel] one's brains; rack one's brains (to do ...); scratch through one's mind for sth. -- a self-depreciatory phrase of a man of letters; think hard 短语和例子 我搜索枯肠做了几句诗, 恐怕过于平淡, 不配在你们刊物上发表。 i have ground out some verses, which, i'm afraid, are too mediocre to appear in your publication
Example Sentences:
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He cast about desperately for something to say . 他搜索枯肠找话说。
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Once more there was silence between them, each one searching for words . 他们又沉默无语，两人都在搜索枯肠，想找到适当的话语。
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Mr. godfrey made an effort, and came out with a new and amended version of the affair . 于是高孚利先生搜索枯肠，终于想出一种新的说法来讲了。
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He racked his memory for some clue to the origin of corporal whitcomb's bitterness toward him . 他搜索枯肠想找一找惠特科姆下士对他怨恨的缘故。
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Julia was bending over a desk, her tongue protruding slightly, absorbed in the agonies of composition . 朱丽娅埋头在课桌上，舌头微微伸出，正在搜索枯肠做作文。
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I have ground out some verses , which , i 'm afraid , are too mediocre to appear in your publication . 我搜索枯肠做了几句诗，恐怕过于平淡，不配在你们刊物上发表。
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Upon this compulsion, mr. godfrey made an effort, and came out with a new and amended version of the affair . 于是高孚利先生搜索枯肠，终于想出一种新的说法来讲了。
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I am a very matter-of-fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the border of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out . 我是个一是一，二是二，实话实说的人。想作个巧妙应答，即使搜索枯肠一连挤半个钟头也挤不出来。
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He searched his mind for some words of comfort 他搜索枯肠想找到几句安慰的话。
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The so - called poet ground out some verses 这个所谓的诗人搜索枯肠做成几句诗。
