pink elephant

常見例句

Panda: But why are you pink? We have never seen a pink elephant.
主持人小熊貓：你怎么是粉紅的呢?我從來沒有見過粉紅的大象。
If I say there is a pink elephant in the room, is this true or lie?
若我說這間屋子里有一個粉紅色的大象，這是事實還是謊言。
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In the popular example of a white bear or pink elephant, for example, trying not to think about an unusual and concrete object is the surest way to make that image stick in your mind.
例如，在廣為人知的白熊（或粉紅大象）案例里，努力去不想起一個奇特而具體的想象事物，恰恰會在內(nèi)心里強化該事物的形象。

Do not think of a pink elephant for the next three seconds ? and I am sure no one thought of a pink elephant right?
在接下來的十秒鐘里不要想粉色大象,我肯定沒有人想一頭粉色大象，是嗎？
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So for the next ten seconds, do not think of a pink elephant.
在接下來的十秒鐘里，不要想粉色大象。
哈佛公開課 - 幸福課課程節(jié)選
For the next ten seconds, do not think of a pink elephant.
在接下來的十秒鐘里不要想粉色大象。
哈佛公開課 - 幸福課課程節(jié)選

That brings us to the pink elephant in the room.
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President Obama is justifiably afraid to alienate swing voters in the presidential debates by doubling down on discredited global warming claims, but global warming alarmism is indeed the pink elephant in the room every time Obama is forced to defend his suppression of affordable conventional energy.
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