词汇 | brain-trust |
释义 | brain trust noun[ C ] USuk /ˈbreɪn ˌtrʌst/ us /ˈbreɪn ˌtrʌst/(UKbrains trust) a group of people who advise a leader: 智囊团,顾问团,咨询团 The candidate's brain trust is gathering this weekend to plan strategy for the primary election.这个候选人的智囊团这个周末要碰头制定初选策略。 Compare kitchen cabinet Giving advice advice column advice columnist advisability advisable advise against doing something agony uncle clinic consultant GDA guidance Monday-morning quarterbackidiom oracle pick someone's brainsidiom piece of advice preach Privy Councillor run over/through something shoe SpAd waste your breathidiom Examples of brain trustbrain trust They are the braintrust. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Liberals and conservatives alike viewed the creation of a large braintrust of internationally oriented political scientists and economists as an urgent national priority. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Participants argued that a large braintrust of internationally oriented political scientists and economists was an urgent national priority. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Yet this is not a university rather it is a braintrust of applied experience that will help us to address the five other strategic themes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term is occasionally also used metaphorically to refer to renunciation of a non-religious belief or cause, such as a political party, braintrust, or a sports team. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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