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| 1 | C the organ inside your head that allows you to think and feel , and controls your body 脑 |
| The human brain is divided into two halves. 人脑被分成两半。 |
| The illness had affected his brain. 疾病影响了他的脑部。 |
| | 1a | belonging to or connected with the brain 脑的；与脑有关的 | | a brain tumour/scan/operation 脑瘤/脑部扫描/脑部手术 | | brain activity/function 大脑活动/功能 | |
| | 1b | plural the brain of an animal cooked and eaten as food （煮熟供食用的）动物脑 | |
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| 2 | C often plural mental ability or intelligence 智力；智慧；头脑 |
| She felt that she could almost see his brain working. 她觉得她几乎能看见他的脑筋在转。 |
| You have to use your brains in this job. 做这件工作你得动动脑子。 |
| have brains/a brain (=be intelligent) He’ s good-looking, and he’ s got brains. 聪明 |
| | 2a | C an intelligent person 聪明的人 | | The best brains in the country have failed to solve this problem. 这个国家最聪明的人们都没能解决这个问题。 | |
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| - | beat/bash sb’ s brains out informal
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| to kill or badly injure someone by hitting their head very hard |
| 打破某人的脑袋；把某人打死 |
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| - | the brains behind sth
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| the person responsible for inventing, developing , or organizing something |
| 某事的策划组织者；出谋划策的智囊 |
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| the brains behind the attack on the embassy 袭击大使馆的幕后策划者 |
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| - | the brains of sth
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| the most intelligent person involved in something |
| 某事中最聪明的人 |
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| Mary is the brains of the group. 玛丽是这群人中最聪明的一个。 |
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| - | have sth on the brain informal
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| to be very interested in something , so that you keep thinking and talking about it |
| 对某事物非常感兴趣；热衷于某事 |
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| He’ s got football on the brain. 他对足球非常着迷。 |
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| - | pick sb’ s brains informal
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| to talk to someone who knows more about something than you do , in order to find out more about it |
| 向某人咨询；向某人请教 |
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| He phoned to pick my brains about buying a new computer. 他打电话向我请教买新电脑的问题。 |
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| - | rack your brain(s)
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| to try very hard to remember something or to solve a problem |
| 绞尽脑汁；苦思冥想 |
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| I’ ve racked my brain, but I just can’ t remember his name. 我苦思冥想，但就是想不起他的名字。 |
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