“發(fā)人深省或引人深思”用英語(yǔ)表達(dá)是 food for thought，寓意：

1、an idea or subject to think about

可考慮的想法或主題

2、to have things arising from an event or situation to think about

因某一事件或情況而有事情要考慮

3、new scheme or method to do something

做某事的新計(jì)劃或新方法

例如：

1、The managers meeting today has given me a lot of food for thought about whether I want to continue working in this company.

今天的經(jīng)理會(huì)議引發(fā)了我很多的思考，我想我是否想繼續(xù)在這家公司工作。

解析：lots of 和 a lot of 意思一樣，意為“許多”，表示量很大，但是沒(méi)必要指明量的多少，多用在比較不正式的談話或是寫作中（正式的用 many 或 much），后面跟可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞，謂語(yǔ)的單復(fù)數(shù)根據(jù)后面接的名詞來(lái)變化。

2、This article is meant to serve as a food for thought for all those people who indulge in such trade mal-practices.

這篇文章旨在引發(fā)那些沉溺于這種貿(mào)易不良行為的人們的深刻思考。

解析：indulge in sth | indulge yourself (with sth) 表示“沉湎，沉迷，沉溺（于…）”。

3、This decision is food for thought for everyone who thinks they can get away with such atrocious crimes.

這一決定值得所有認(rèn)為自己可以逃脫這種殘暴罪行的人深思。

4、My daughter has given me some food for thought about how she organizes her toys and now Im wondering if this can become an innovative business idea.

我女兒給了我一些啟發(fā)，讓我思考她是如何組織玩具的，現(xiàn)在我想知道這是否能成為一個(gè)創(chuàng)新的商業(yè)理念。

5、My uncle reads the newspaper to get some food for thought about the current on-goings in the world.

我叔叔看報(bào)紙是為了得到一些值得深思的關(guān)于當(dāng)今世界上正在發(fā)生的事情的東西。

6、To listen to her speak at such conferences is a real food for thought.

在這樣的會(huì)議上聽(tīng)她的演講真是令人深思。

解析：不定式短語(yǔ) to listen to her speak at such conferences 作主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。