pink elephant

常见例句

Panda: But why are you pink? We have never seen a pink elephant.
主持人小熊猫：你怎么是粉红的呢?我从来没有见过粉红的大象。
If I say there is a pink elephant in the room, is this true or lie?
若我说这间屋子里有一个粉红色的大象，这是事实还是谎言。
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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，在广为人知的白熊（或粉红大象）案例里，努力去不想起一个奇特而具体的想象事物，恰恰会在内心里强化该事物的形象。

Do not think of a pink elephant for the next three seconds ? and I am sure no one thought of a pink elephant right?
在接下来的十秒钟里不要想粉色大象,我肯定没有人想一头粉色大象，是吗？
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So for the next ten seconds, do not think of a pink elephant.
在接下来的十秒钟里，不要想粉色大象。
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For the next ten seconds, do not think of a pink elephant.
在接下来的十秒钟里不要想粉色大象。
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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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