我无精打采地趴在书桌上苦思冥想，还是一无所获。

The desk I listlessly meditation, they found nothing.

就为了一个镜头，导演苦思冥想了两天时间。

The director noodled for two days for only one scene.

她为了作文作业苦思冥想,已到了江郎才尽的地步。

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

他为找出拯救病人生命的好方法而苦思冥想。

He strained to look for a good method to save his patient.

总而言之，我们不能宣称这三天的静修是在苦思冥想中度过的。

In short we cannot claim that these days of our retirement were passed in ascetic meditation.