3 She nodded three or four times, searched the heavens for the right words, and then exclaimed, " It was, like, whoa" !

她点了三四下头，绞尽，苦苦找恰当的词语，然：" 真是，哇！"

From smog breaks to pollution bonuses, Asia's businesses are promising increasingly inventive perks in a desperate bid to lure executives to a region where toxic air engulfs major cities for much of the year.

在亚洲的主要城市，每年都有大部分时间被有毒空气所笼罩。从雾霾假到污染津贴，亚洲企业为吸引高管到这里工作绞尽，开出的补贴越来越别出心裁。

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

我绞尽也想不出答案。

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。

The focused mode is where you're racking your brain trying to use your focused awareness to figure something out, whether it be a math problem or what's going on in a TV show in a foreign language.

聚焦式是指你绞尽试图用你的集中意识去弄清楚某件事，不管是数学问题还是外语电视节目里发生了什么。

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

但找释放创造力的方法似乎让高管们绞尽。

“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.

即使你在心里绞尽找答案，你也能保持冷静和简练。

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

而持怀疑态度的人则绞尽想找出这些钱还能买些其他什么东西。

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

汤姆绞尽想记起问题的答案。

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

我已经绞尽想了一天该送你什么。

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

这是一个很好的问题，所有人都绞尽想弄明白这点。

Sort of a thinking man's Crazy Eights.

一个大爷们绞尽变花样呗。

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

我一直在绞尽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.

你也可以“绞尽”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，罗斯柯仍然得绞尽去创作这类作品。

Wow, I would have to rack my brain to remember it.

哇，我得绞尽才能想起来。

I racked my brains, trying to remember his name.

【rack】我绞尽想记起他的名字。