brain n. 1.脑,〔pl.〕脑髓;〔俚语〕计算机;(导弹的)制导系统。 2.〔常 pl.〕智力,智能,智慧,脑力;头脑。 3.〔口语〕聪明人;〔口语〕〔pl.〕智囊,出谋划策者。 ★当作器官时用单数,当作物质时用复数。 be full of brains, have good [plenty of] brains 聪明,好脑筋。 man of brains 聪明人。 have no brains 没头脑,笨。 have a lucid brain 思路清晰,头脑清醒。 the brain of the conspiracy 阴谋的策划者。 electron brain〔俚语〕电脑,电子计算机。 beat [cudgel, pound, puzzle, rack] one's brains 绞脑汁,苦思。 beat one's brains out 拼命,竭力 (She beat her brains out studying. 她拼命用功)。 blow sb.'s brains out 使某人脑袋开花。 coin one's brains 想方设法挣钱。 get [have] (sth.) on thebrain 专心,全神贯注在(某事上)。 overtax one's brains 用脑过度。 pick [suck] sb.'s brains 采用〔窃取〕某人的主张〔想法,知识,研究成果等〕。 turn sb.'s brain 冲昏某人头脑,使自以为了不起。 water on the brain 脑水肿。 vt. 1.打破〔碎〕…的脑袋。 2.打…的头部。 brain bleed 1.脑(血管)出血。2.〔比喻〕人才流失。 adj. -less 没有头脑的,愚钝的,笨的。
Although he had a disease of the brain which was getting worse , he decided to continue with his research and his writing 虽然他患有日益严重的脑病,但是他还是决定继续从事研究和写作。
Dementia : a syndrome due to a disease of the brain , usuallly of a chronic or progressive nature , in which there is disturbance of multiple higher cortical functions , including memory , thinking , orientation , comprehension , calculation , learning capacity , language , and judgement 痴呆:由于(通常为慢性或进行性的)大脑疾病导致的综合征,其中有多种高级皮层功能紊乱,涉及记忆、思维、定向、理解、计算、学习能力、语言和判断诸方面。