职场英语学习：rack one's brain绞尽脑汁的口语表达
<p>绞尽脑汁 <span word="rack">rack</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> / <span word="spare">spare</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="effort">effort</span></p><p><span word="Rack">Rack</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>也就是「绞尽脑汁」，同义词是 <span word="spare">spare</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> (不遗余力)</p><p>反义字就是<span word="halfhearted">halfhearted</span>「不认真的; 不热心的」</p><p><span word="listed">listed</span> <span word="company">company</span>就是上市公司</p><p><span word="R">R</span>&<span word="D">D</span> 就是 <span word="research">research</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="development">development</span> 的缩写，也就是「研发」的意思</p><p>「绞尽脑汁」用英文要怎么形容呢? ｢绞尽脑汁｣ 的英文其实和中文的说法是一模一样的，就是 "<span word="rack">rack</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>"，这意思的确就是｢绞尽脑汁｣，因为"<span word="rack">rack</span>"就是｢从渣滓中榨出｣的意思，</p><p>例 1) <span word="The">The</span> <span word="engineer">engineer</span> <span word="racked">racked</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bug">bug</span>.</p><p>(女工程师为了找出程序中的错误而绞尽脑汁。)</p><p>解释：咦?”<span word="bug">bug</span>”不就是｢虫虫｣的意思吗?没错，但是”<span word="bug">bug</span>”同时也有「故障和毛病」的涵义，因此在计算机科技界，”<span word="bug">bug</span>”也就被用来代表｢程序中的错误｣。</p><p>"<span word="Rack">Rack</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>" 的同义词就是 "<span word="spare">spare</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="effort">effort</span>"，意思就是 ｢不遗余力｣，因为"<span word="spare">spare</span>" 就是「节约;或省略」的意思，而 <span word="effort">effort</span>就是｢努力｣的意思，因此"<span word="spare">spare</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="effort">effort</span>"直译为「不保留任何努力」，也就是｢不遗余力｣的意思。</p><p>例 2) <span word="The">The</span> <span word="listed">listed</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="spared">spared</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="upgrading">upgrading</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="R">R</span>&<span word="D">D</span> <span word="center">center</span>.</p><p>(那家上市公司不遗余力的为研发中心升级。)</p><p>解释：这里，<span word="listed">listed</span> <span word="company">company</span>就是「上市公司」的意思，因为一个上市的公司就意味着被列入上市公司名单一样，接下来，<span word="R">R</span>&<span word="D">D</span> 就是 <span word="research">research</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="development">development</span> 的缩写，也就是「研发」的意思。</p>
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