brains

intelligenza, cervello

Capacità di pensare con chiarezza, imparare e risolvere problemi.

In inglese semplice: The ability to think clearly, learn, and solve problems.

• Use your brains!
• She has the brains to solve this problem.
• Success takes both brains and hard work.

Come si usa: have the brains to do something (He has the brains to build his own computer.)

Sinonimi: intelligence, cleverness

Contrari: stupidity

Espressioni comuni: use your brains, brains and beauty, have brains

cervelli

Organi nella testa che controllano il pensiero, le emozioni e i movimenti.

In inglese semplice: The organs inside heads that control thought, feeling, and movement.

• Human brains need a lot of energy.
• Scientists compared the brains of several animals.
• Their brains were scanned during the experiment.

Espressioni comuni: human brains, animal brains, study brains

mente, cervello

Persona o persone che usano la propria intelligenza per ideare e organizzare qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: The person or people who plan and organize something using their intelligence.

• Maya is the brains of the team.
• Who was the brains behind this project?
• The police arrested the brains behind the robbery.

Come si usa: the brains behind something (She is the brains behind the new business.)

Sinonimi: mastermind

Espressioni comuni: brains behind something, brains of something