brain

【发音】

美 /bren/ 英 /breɪn/

【翻译】

1. n.脑，脑髓；脑力

   英释:the organ inside your head that controls how you think, feel, and move

【短语】

1. human brain : 人脑

2. brain injury : [医]脑损伤

3. brain damage : 脑损伤

4. brain drain : 人才外流；智囊流失

5. brain tumor : 脑瘤，脑癌；脑肿瘤

6. brain activity : 大脑活动

7. on the brain : 念念不忘；着迷

8. brain stem : 脑干

9. brain power : 脑力；智能

10. brain death : [医]脑死亡

11. brain cell : 脑细胞

12. brain surgery : 脑外科；脑部手术

13. blood brain barrier : 血脑屏障

14. brain trust : 智囊团

15. brain chemistry : 脑化学

16. brain truster : n. 顾问；智囊团团员

17. brain scan : 脑部扫描

18. brain work : 脑力劳动

19. brain dead : 脑死亡的

20. brain storming : 头脑风暴法，集体创造性思维法

【例句】

1. Messages from the brain are carried by the central nervous system.

   大脑发出的信息是通过中枢神经系统传递的。

2. the chemistry of the brain

   大脑的化学性质

3. the human brain

   人脑

4. She died of a brain tumour.

   她死于脑瘤。

5. The job requires brains.

   做这工作需要头脑。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...people like Veiseh are of great interest to neuroscientists hoping to understand the way the brain records our lives...

2. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Normal forgetting may even be a safety mechanism to ensure our brain doesn’t become too full...

3. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...The brain is a seemingly endless library...

4. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...old information is sometimes pushed out of the brain for new memories to form...

5. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...A young woman sought explanation from a brain scientist when she noticed her unusual memory...

6. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...our brain evolved circuits to allow us to experience sympathy...

7. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Research shows interaction with people is key to babies' brain development...

8. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...But there are also other areas of impact that researchers have investigated: the effect of sugar on the brain and how liquid calories are interpreted differently by the body than solids...

9. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Are they exhausted by the consumer equivalent of the brain fatigue — information overload — that is caused by constant updates of devices and online media...

10. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Research has suggested that sugar activates the same reward pathways in the brain as traditional drugs of abuse like morphine or heroin...

【同、近义词】

1. n.头脑，智力；脑袋

   intelligence/mind/mentality/

【同根词】

1. adj

   brainy : 聪明的；脑筋好的；有头脑的

   brainless : 无头脑的，愚蠢的