心机
thinking
scheming
minds
......
枉费心机:
overreach yourself;
overreach themselves;
overreach myself;
overreach ourselves
费尽心机: rack one's brains in scheming
例句
他枉费心机地写文章诋毁这场运动。
He tried in vain to write down the movement.
他费尽心机却连一个例子都想不出来。
Racking his brains, he couldn't think of a single example.
不相信自己的人,就算多努力也会白费心机。
Do not believe in themselves, even more efforts will be wasted.
别费尽心机去洞察女孩的心思,因为她们总在变。
Don't bother to penetrate girls' minds as they are always changing.
thinking
scheming
例句: leave no stone unturned; try all ingenious ways; take great pains; cudgel one's brains;
费尽心机
rack one's brains in vain; make futile efforts
枉费心机
scheming thinking
scheming