She had been at her wit's end trying to think up an idea for her composition assignment.

她为了作文作业苦思冥想,已到了江郎才尽的地步。

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She had been at her wit 's end trying to think up an idea for her composition assignment.

她为了作文的作业苦思找灵感，已到了江郎才尽的地步。

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I like the idea and think it opens up an entirely new opportunities for business.

我喜欢这个想法，我认为它会开创一个全新的商业机会。

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What you see over and over are reports of people sitting around the kitchen table night after night and month after month and year after year trying to think up an idea but never doing anything.

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It has taken Occupy Wall Street long enough to manage to come up with an idea that I think we can all get behind.

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When someone comes up with an idea, no matter what you might think of it initially, encourage the person to try it out on a small scale to see if it works.

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