| 释义 |
挖空心思wā kōng xīn sīcudgel (/beat/rack/ransack) one’s brains; do everything one can possibly think of;puzzle for a plan,fair or foul; think one’s head off;try by hook and by crook; to hammer out a way to achieve one’s aim; work one’s head to the bone
❍ 或许又有人会说：“你是偏爱李白，在～扬李抑杜。”(郭沫若《李白与杜甫》186) Some people may argue，“You’re so partial to Li Bai that you cudgel your brains to justify your praise of him and depreciation of Du Fu.”/他～想了字号的名称： 叫“福佑行”。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—106) He racked his brains for a suitable name for his business and at last decided on“Fu You”./总而言之一句话，他是挖空了心思，在那里想出种种方法来逼我。(茅盾《子夜》304) In short,he’s doing everything he can possibly think of to get me in a tight corner.
❍ 于是乎～的来一个反攻，说这些乃是“讽刺”，向作者抹一脸泥，来掩藏自己的真相。(《鲁迅选集》Ⅳ—135) After hard thought they hit back to conceal the truth about themselves,smearing the writer with mud by declaring that this is a “satire”./于是～，给起了一个名目，叫做“讽刺”。(《鲁迅选集》Ⅳ—149) So resorting to cunning,they describe these works as“satire“./他唯恐看守们不听他的话，又特意～，把共产党描绘一番，说共产党多么可怕，…… (杨植霖《王若飞在狱中》 8) Fearing that the guards would not obey him,the superintendent had tried desperately to paint a horrible picture of the Communist Party. 挖空心思rack(or cudgel) one’s brains 挖空心思wā kōnɡ xīn sī形容绞尽脑汁，想尽办法。rack one’s brains, puzzle for a plan fair of foul, cudgel one’s brains |