大家好,今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——「gray matter」, 這個短語的含義不是指「灰色事件」,其正確的含義是:
gray / grey matter 頭腦,智力
It's not the sort of film that stimulates the grey matter much.
這部片子不是那種發人深思的電影。
Use your gray matter and think what will happen if the CEO resigns.
用你的頭腦想一想,如果CEO辭職的話會發生什麼。
Surely they』ll come up with an acceptable solution if they use a bit of gray matter.
如果他們用一點頭腦,他們當然會想出一個可以接受的解決方案。
Come on in—we could use your gray matter as we try to solve this problem.
請進,我們能夠用你的頭腦當我們試圖解決這個問題的時候。
Mark hasn’t got much grey matter, but he tries hard.
馬克沒有什麼頭腦,但是他很努力。
If you'd only use your gray matter, you'd see the answer in a minute.
如果你好好動動腦子,你就很快會看到答案。