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单词 brainpower
释义

brainpower

noun

brain·​pow·​er ˈbrān-ˌpau̇(-ə)r How to pronounce brainpower (audio)
1
: intellectual ability
2
: people with developed intellectual ability

Synonyms

  • brain(s)
  • gray matter
  • headpiece
  • intellect
  • intellectuality
  • intelligence
  • mentality
  • reason
  • sense
  • smarts
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Example Sentences

The brainpower of the staff constitutes the company's greatest asset. The product is supposed to boost your brainpower. The company is increasing efforts to recruit scientific brainpower.
Recent Examples on the Web More brainpower, resources, and attention were focused on the problem. Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 Can't turn on the oven, can't use any more brainpower, just...can't. Joe Sevier, Bon Appétit, 29 June 2022 Gaglioti shares Mann’s interests and has the brainpower and physical endurance to hang with him. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2022 And before becoming Justice Frankfurter, Professor Frankfurter had helped supply the federal government with brainpower by dispatching his sharpest Harvard Law School students to Washington. Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022 No matter how your business chooses to respond to RFPs, building a response library takes time and brainpower. Maurice Harary, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021 As scores of Silicon Valley tech workers relocate to Tahoe, community leaders hope to channel that influx of brainpower to create new, lasting job opportunities for locals. Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2022 And maybe that’s enough brainpower to make the offense go. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022 That brainpower can be mustered with open source systems. Amit Ronen, Forbes, 1 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

brainpower

noun

as in intellect
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems the president's inner circle of advisers just didn't seem to have the brainpower to deal with the crisis

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • sense
  • smarts
  • talent
  • reason
  • intellectuality
  • brain(s)
  • aptitude
  • wit
  • mentality
  • gray matter
  • insight
  • wisdom
  • mind
  • brilliance
  • intellectualism
  • acumen
  • perspicacity
  • alertness
  • headpiece
  • braininess
  • astuteness
  • perception
  • discernment
  • judgment
  • sagacity
  • percipience
  • apprehension
  • common sense
  • sapience
  • discriminability
  • mother wit
  • skull
  • horse sense
  • eggheadedness
  • judgement
  • highbrowism
  • head

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • stupidity
  • idiocy
  • density
  • imbecility
  • foolishness
  • slowness
  • dullness
  • dumbness
  • feeblemindedness
  • dulness
  • fatuity
  • denseness
  • senselessness
  • dopiness
  • simpleness
  • doltishness
  • half-wittedness
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