Although I racked my brains, I couldn't get the right answer.

我绞尽脑汁也想不出答案。

Well it can be the effort we spend trying to work out something difficult.

好吧，它可以指我们绞尽脑汁努力解决困难。

Jurisdictions across America are wrestling with what to do with their unclaimed dead.

美国各地的司法管辖区都在为如何处理无人认领的死者而绞尽脑汁。

But the search for ways to unleash creativity seems to scramble executives' brains.

但寻找释放创造力的方法似管们绞尽脑汁。

“Look, ” said Ron, obviously casting around for a change of subject, “it's the holidays!

“看，”罗恩说，显然正在绞尽脑汁改变话题，“现在是假期！

You'll be calm and concise, even if you're mentally scrambling for an answer.

即使在心里绞尽脑汁寻找答案，也保持冷静和简练。

Sceptics are rolling their eyes, imagining what else the money could have bought.

而持怀疑态度的人则绞尽脑汁想找出这些钱些其他什么东西。

Tom racked his brains trying to remember the answers to the questions.

汤姆绞尽脑汁想记起问题的答案。

That's what I've been trying to do all day.

我已经绞尽脑汁想了一天该送什么。

That is a great question, and everybody is scratching their heads and wondering that.

这是一个很好的问题，所有人都绞尽脑汁想弄明白这点。

Sort of a thinking man's Crazy Eights.

一个大爷们绞尽脑汁变花样呗。

I've been racking my brain about why these female friendships always fizzle out.

我一直在绞尽脑汁想为什么这些女性友谊总是以失败告终。

You can also " wring" someone to get more information.

也可以“绞尽脑汁”地去套取某人的更多信息。

How can you tell if someone is heavily editing a text?

那如何分辨对方是否在绞尽脑汁编造呢？

Yeah. You know, no matter how hard they tried, they could not guess his age.

是啊，不管他们怎么绞尽脑汁都猜不出来他几岁。

But back in the '30s, Rothko was still thinking too hard to paint like this.

但是回溯到三十年代，罗斯柯仍然得绞尽脑汁去创作这类作品。

I racked my brains, trying to remember his name.

【rack】我绞尽脑汁想记起他的名字。

Millions of people are struggling to understand their paychecks or calculate money in shops, campaigners have said.

活动人士表示，数百万的人正绞尽脑汁想要搞懂自己的工资单、计算购物时到底花了多少钱。

In trying to do so they stumbled on an unusual arrangement that had the desired effect.

为此绞尽脑汁之际，他们无意中发现有一种非常规的排列布局有很好的效果。

Thankfully, researchers haven't left us hanging.

谢天谢地，研究人员并没有我们绞尽脑汁。