pink elephant

基本解釋

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？
哈佛公開課 - 幸福課課程節(jié)選
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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