provide food for thought

基本解释

Many smart people have taken a shot at defining software architecture, so I'm going to let them provide some food for thought.
许多有才识的人都曾试着去定义软件架构，因此我将从他们的成果中获取一些思路。
The method should provide food for thought for Bjarnsholt, who has yet to find any serious candidate compounds for signal-blocking in P. aeruginosa infections in people with cystic fibrosis.
这种方法有可能为巴恩索特提供研究材料，他已经找出一系列阻断绿脓杆菌信号的候选化合物。
Even the most unpromising rooms in Mr Bryson’s rectory provide food for thought, such as the miserable provision made for the servants, an all but invisible presence in the grand old days of yore.
即使在布莱森先生家里最不起眼的房间，也有能引人深思，比如做给仆人们的寒碜的食物，虽然微不足道，但也尽显昔日的气派。

The Japan of two decades ago was very different from the America and Britain de nos jours, but the level of asset prices here nowadays does provide food for thought.
ECONOMIST: Buttonwood: In the eye of the investor The