" Charlie thinks I'm sneaking out." " Oh." He contemplated that.

“查理认为我打算偷溜出去。”“哦。”他冥思苦想着。

If you know what the subject of your sentence is, you can then create sentences without um (ing) and ah (ing) or hesitating and looking for words.

如果你知的主语，你就可以构建，不用迟疑，冥思苦想。

I thought long and hard about whether or not to include a detailed section on grammar in this little book.

我冥思苦想了很久要不要在这本小书里放一章来详细地谈谈语法。

To get a good score in a maths exam, you need to be good at mental gymnastics!

要想在数学考试中取得成绩，你需要擅长冥思苦想！

So when I tell my children not to use their phone so much, it takes some serious mental gymnastics to justify why it's still OK for me to use my phone so much.

所以我告诉我的孩不要太频繁地使用手机时，我需要深深地冥思苦想，来证明我为什么仍然可以经常使用手机。

When people try to justify saying something that they don't really believe – we can say that they are doing mental gymnastics.

试图为一些他并不真正相信的话辩护时，我可以说他在冥思苦想耗尽心力。

This plan is too complicated, and I'm too tired for the kind of mental gymnastics I'd need to work it out.

这个计划太复杂了，我太累了，没办法冥思苦想把它给做出来。

Luckily, I'm full of energy today, so mental gymnastics won't be a problem!

在我今天精力充沛，冥思苦想没问题！

He sank into the chair, and brooded over the embers, and shed tears.

他跌坐在椅里，对着余烬冥思苦想，泪流满面。

So if I have an idea, tamarind and pineapple, maybe a bit of fennel, rather than thinking and thinking for days and researching, has anyone done this before?

所以如果我有个想法，比如酸角和菠萝，再加点茴香，而不是整天冥思苦想、翻遍资料去查有没有之前做过这样的搭配？

I mean, you can sit there and think like by yourself till you turn blue in the face, but the reality is no one's giving you feedback.

我的意思是， 你可以独自坐在那儿， 冥思苦想到脸色发青，但实际上没给你反馈。

I spent weeks trying to figure out what to get you! Weeks!

我花了几个星期冥思苦想不知给你买什么礼物！ 几个星期！