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

• 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。
• 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。
• Leith, who hopes her brainchild will be taken in the light-hearted manner she intended, had the idea of producing a Valentine's Day sick bag but then turned her attention to the wedding.
  利思希望她的创意成果能如她所愿，让民众以轻松态度接纳它。她原先是想设计一款情人节呕吐袋，但后来把注意力转向这场婚礼。
• The brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, the event was based upon the unlucky officerintroduced into the Stockholm Games of1912.
  实际上，现代五项是由现代奥运会的创始人顾拜旦根据那位历尽磨难的法国军官的传说创立的，并成为1912年斯德哥尔摩奥运会的比赛项目。
• The plan is the brainchild of divisional officer Jim smith.
  这项计划是部门主任吉姆史密斯构想出来的。
• 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 brainchild of the engineer will save us a lot of time and energy.
  这位工程师的设想将使我们节省许多时间和精力。
• The private campaign was the brainchild of Swiss filmmaker and museum curator Bernard Weber, who said his initiative seeks to recreate the popularity of the Seven Wonders of the World.
  这一民间评选活动的想法是瑞士电影制作人、博物馆馆长伯纳德•韦伯提出的，他说他的初衷是想重振世界七大奇迹的人气。
• We need the same shorthand in policy, a quality kite-mark that tells us politicians have actually done some homework before they roll out their latest brainchild.
  我们需要对政策进行同样的提炼，打上一个质量证明标记，告诉我们最新的政策出炉之前，政客们真的做过一些准备。
• The disused bunker was reopened in2008 with its futuristic design the brainchild of Swedish architects Albert France-Lanord, who were inspired by Bond sets created by Sir Kenneth Adams.
  这座掩体于2008年重新对外开放，其未来派风格的设计出自瑞典建筑师阿尔伯特·弗朗斯-拉诺德之手。他的设计灵感来自于肯尼斯·亚当斯爵士打造的邦德影片场景。