brainchild

英 [ˈbreɪntʃaɪld]

美 [ˈbreɪntʃaɪld]

n.  (个人或小群体的)主意，发明

复数：brainchilds　

Collins.1 / BNC.19694 / COCA.18305

牛津词典

noun

• （个人或小群体的）主意，发明
  an idea or invention of one person or a small group of people

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 思想结晶；创作成果
  Someone'sbrainchildis an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
  1. The record was the brainchild of rock star Bob Geldof.
     这张唱片是摇滚歌星鲍勃·格尔多夫的心血之作。

英英释义

noun

• a product of your creative thinking and work
  1. he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists
  2. after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality
  Synonym:inspiration

双语例句

• This new fast food restaurant in Beirut's southern suburbs was the brainchild of co-owner Ali Hammoud.
  这家新开张的快餐店位于贝鲁特南部郊区，这一颇具“爆炸性”的点子是该店合伙人阿里•哈穆德想出来的。
• It was my brainchild and I'd like to see the job through to the end.
  这是我的设想，因而我想看到任务完成。
• This festival was the brainchild of the local mayor.
  这场庆典是当地市长的构思。
• Afghanistan's former president Burhanuddin Rabbani on Saturday was elected chairman of a new peace council, a Karzai brainchild set up to broker an end to the war.
  阿富汗的前总统布尔汉努丁·拉巴尼星期六被选为新的和平理事会的主席，该和平理事会是卡尔扎伊的脑力劳动成果，它的建立是为了以中间人等身分结束战争。
• The project is the brainchild of BIDCO Refineries Ltd, which operates a vegetable oil plant in Jinja.
  这个项目是由BIDCORefineriesLtd公司提出的，它在Jinja运营着一个植物油工厂。
• In development for a couple of years, the project is the brainchild of Google X, the online search-leader's secret facility that spawned the self-driving car and could one day send elevators into space.
  这款眼镜由网络搜索巨头谷歌公司的秘密机构谷歌X实验室开发数年，该实验室研制出了自动驾驶汽车，还有望研制出太空电梯。
• In this feature, Sarah Tomlin reports on the Millennium Villages project, brainchild of Jeffrey Sachs, who heads the UN Millennium Project and the US-based Earth Institute.
  在这篇特写中，SarahTomlin报道了由联合国千年项目和美国地球研究所的负责人JeffreySachs设计出的千年村庄项目。
• It's the brainchild of Tim Maltin, a historian who has written three books about Titanic.
  这一理论出自历史学家蒂姆-马丁，他已经写了三本有关泰坦尼克号的著作。
• The chair is the brainchild of Japanese company UniCare – they're selling the product for 46,000 yen ($ 419) at the International Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition in Tokyo.
  这个椅子是日本UniCare公司的产品&在东京巨型的家庭护理和康复展览会上，这款产品的价格是46000日元，相当于419美元。
• The scheme is the brainchild of Arts& Business, which helps businesses sponsor the arts and is turning its attention to individual donors rather than corporate interests.
  这个计划是Arts&Business的创意。该机构帮助企业提供艺术品赞助，目前它正将注意力转向个人捐赠者，而非企业的兴趣。