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词汇 brainchild
释义 brainchild
noun[ S ]
uk /ˈbreɪn.tʃaɪld/ us /ˈbreɪn.tʃaɪld/
an original idea, plan, or invention: 脑力劳动的产物;智力结晶
The project was the brainchild of one of the students.这个方案是其中的一个学生想出来的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ideas, concepts and theories
abstract
abstraction
accepted wisdom
afterthought
anthropocentrism
Darwinist
determinist
Dianetics
exceptionalism
motif
musings
natalism
non-dogmatic
non-empirical
sacred cow
social Darwinism
straw man
supersensible
tenet
the domino theory

brainchild | American Dictionary


brainchild
noun[ U ]
us/ˈbreɪnˌtʃɑɪld/
something originally invented or thought of by someone:
The encyclopedia was the brainchild of historian John C. McCormick.

brainchild | Business English


brainchild
noun[ S ]
uk /ˈbreɪntʃaɪld/us
an original idea, plan, or object that someone has invented:
the brainchild of sbThe project is the brainchild of a British professor.

Examples of brainchild


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It is not the market forces, but the institution, the brainchild of the planners, which has become crude and clumsy.
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Perhaps he would put up a strong defence of his grandfather's brainchild.
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Of course, many such projects were the brainchild of the former director of the regionally managed services department—a man who had a penchant for privatisation.
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It turned out to be a rather expensive brainchild for the taxpayer.
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After all, the examination is almost their brainchild.
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This report is very much his brainchild and comes as the culmination of a whole series of actions brought about by him.
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The consortium is the brainchild of a university professor and two of these corporate planning directors.
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It was the brainchild of a couple of men who failed to persuade their masters in industry of the value of what they had done.
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It was in fact the brainchild of my father, conceived as a means of curing jerrybuilding and improving the standards of housebuilding.
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Another dogmatist brainchild was the sickness benefit scheme.
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He has introduced his own brainchild—the enterprise zone.
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It is not just the brainchild of a few people concerned with educational standards.
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That enterprise was the brainchild of the trade union movement.
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The social chapter is the brainchild of those who wish to centralise and make every country conform to what is inherently socialism.
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The brains—the inventors—are the men and women who come up with original ideas and get them patented, only to discover that someone has stolen their brainchild.
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