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Food for thought “精神食粮”引人深思

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今日短语

单词 “food 食物” 是个常见词,“thought 思想” 在日常对话中出现的频率也很高。这两个词搭配组成 “food for thought”,字面直译为 “思想精神食粮”,即 “引人深思的事情”。若一件事情让某人认真思考,引起深思,那此事则 “give somebody food for thought”。

例句

The lecture was really interesting! It gave me a lot of food for thought.
这堂课真的很有意思,给我留下了很多值得思考的问题。

Here’s some food for thought – would you like to live in a world without cars?
这个问题可能会引你深思:你愿意生活在一个没有汽车的世界里吗?

Now that I have finished university I need to choose a career path! There are so many options that I have a lot of food for thought. 
我大学毕业了,面临择业,但选择很多,所以我需要好好思考思考。

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