brains

英 [breɪnz]

美 [breɪnz]

n.  脑; (供食用的)动物脑髓; 智力; 脑力; 逻辑思维能力
v.  猛击…的脑袋致死
brain的第三人称单数和复数

法律

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 脑；大脑
  Yourbrainis the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
  1. Her father died of a brain tumour.
     她父亲死于脑瘤。
• N-COUNT 头脑；智力
  Yourbrainis your mind and the way that you think.
  1. Once you stop using your brain you soon go stale...
     一旦停止用脑，人很快就会变得迟钝。
  2. Stretch your brain with this puzzle.
     用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。
• N-COUNT 智力；智慧；头脑
  If someone hasbrainsor a goodbrain, they have the ability to learn and understand things quickly, to solve problems, and to make good decisions.
  1. They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition...
     并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。
  2. I had a good brain and the teachers liked me.
     我很聪明，老师们都喜欢我。
• N-COUNT 智囊；出谋划策者
  If someone isthe brainsbehind an idea or an organization, he or she had that idea or makes the important decisions about how that organization is managed.
  1. Mr White was the brains behind the scheme...
     怀特先生是该项计划的幕后策划者。
  2. Some investigators regarded her as the brains of the gang.
     一些调查员认为她是该团伙的决策者。
• VERB 猛击…的头部
  Tobrainsomeone means to hit them forcefully on the head.
  1. He had threatened to brain him then and there.
     他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。
• PHRASE 把…的脑袋打伤；把…脑袋打开花
  Tobeatsomeone'sbrains outorbashtheirbrains inmeans to hit their head very hard, so that they are badly injured or killed.
  1. They stood over him with clubs raised as if to beat his brains out.
     他们举着棍子监视着他，好像要揍扁他的脑袋。
• PHRASE （用枪）把…的脑袋打开花；射中…的头部
  Toblowsomeone'sbrains outmeans to shoot them in the head, killing them.
  1. Give me all your money or I'll blow your brains out...
     把你所有的钱都给我，否则我就一枪把你的脑袋打开花。
  2. He blew his brains out with a shotgun.
     他用一支猎枪射中了他的脑袋。
• PHRASE 一直想着；对…念念不忘
  If someonehassomethingon the brain, they keep thinking about it.
  1. You've had chess on the brain since you were little.
     你从很小的时候就对下棋产生了浓厚兴趣。
• PHRASE 请教；讨教
  If youpicksomeone'sbrains, you ask them to help you with a problem because they know more about the subject than you.
  1. Why should a successful company allow another firm to pick its brains?
     为什么一个成功的企业就得允许别的公司来讨教呢？
• torackyourbrains→ see:rack

双语例句

• Some investigators regarded her as the brains of the gang.
  一些调查员认为她是该团伙的决策者。
• Why should a successful company allow another firm to pick its brains?
  为什么一个成功的企业就得允许别的公司来讨教呢？
• He racked his brains for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution.
  他动了半天脑筋，也没想出个法子。
• He has very little brains.
  他头脑简单。
• I've racked my brains, but I have not yet to come up with any solution to the problem.
  我已经绞尽脑汁了，但是还没给那个问题找到任何答案。
• Don't think this job a piece of cake. You'll have to rack your brains once you start on it.
  别以为这工作是易如反掌的事，你做了就知道它是很伤脑筋的。
• We must rack our brains for some answers to his questions.
  我们必须绞尽脑汁设法回答他的问题。
• She has plenty of brains.
  她很有头脑。
• We should always use our brains and think everything over carefully.
  凡事应该用脑筋好好想一想。
• Tom racked his brains during the test trying to solve the problem.
  汤姆在考试时绞尽脑汁想解出那道题。