At the brainstorming meeting, he broke the ice with a couple of jokes to get people to relax.

在头脑风暴会议上，他讲了几个笑话打破了僵局，使旁人放松了下来。

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The CEO kicked off a spontaneous brainstorming session at the KPI review meeting focused on helping that executive hit his numbers.

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More brainstorming is needed, especially within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and at an imminent meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations, whose banks hold much of the Indonesian debt at the root of the crisis.

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