假如你有时间暂停的超能力（Ihada）

昨天外教 Tony 开车带着我去见客户，半路上堵了两小时，眼看着就要迟到了，Tony 突然冒出一句"Yeah! I had a sudden brainwave!", 说完他就一拐方向盘开到了应急车道上......后面的事情不用我说大家也猜到了吧，我们被警察叔叔叫住了......

言归正传哈，Tony 刚才突然说的这句的意思可不是“我突然有了个脑电波”，而是"我突然灵机一动、突然来了灵感"的意思，值得注意的是，brainwave 是英式英语，在美式英语中会说成 I had a brainstorm. 同样大家不要误以为是“我有了个头脑风暴”哈~

n. （突发的）奇想；灵感；妙计；脑电波；脑波；灵机一动；突发奇想；灵光一闪

【En】If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea. 如果你有一个脑波，你会突然有一个聪明的主意。 A good, useful, or valuable idea, especially one that comes suddenly or unexpectedly. 一个好的、有用的或有价值的主意，尤指突然或出乎意料地出现的。

● I've had a brainwave! Let's go this weekend instead.

我灵机一动！那我们就这个周末去吧。

● In 1990 she had a brainwave that changed her life.

1990年，她的一个突发奇想改变了她的一生。

● 'Look,' she said, getting a brainstorm, 'Why don't you invite them here?'

“你看，”她灵机一动，说道，“你为什么不邀请他们到这里来呢?”

● Kirby had a sudden brainstorm.

柯比突然灵机一动。

● Unless someone comes up with a brainwave soon, I can't see how we can possible get out of this mess.

除非有人能马上想出一个好主意，否则我看不出我们有办法摆脱这个困境。

● She tensed, struck by a sudden brainwave.

她紧张起来，突然灵光一闪。

● I had a sudden brainstorm and got out of bed to write it down.

我突然灵机一动，赶紧从床上爬起记了下来。

● I had a brainstorm about the project last night.

昨晚我对这个项目有了个绝妙的主意。

● I had a brilliant brainwave last night about how we could end world hunger.

我昨晚灵光一闪，想出了一个解决世界饥饿问题的好办法。

● OK, I just had a brainstorm—what if we painted the bathroom blue and the hallway yellow? Wouldn't that look better?

好吧，我灵机一动，我们把浴室漆成蓝色，走廊漆成黄色怎么样? 那样不是更好看吗?

● The toy's inventor was watching his children play one day when he had a brainstorm.

这个玩具的发明者有一天在看他的孩子们玩的时候突然有了灵感。