brains

知性、頭脳

筋道を立てて考え、学び、問題を解決する能力。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： have the brains to do something (He has the brains to build his own computer.)

類義語： intelligence, cleverness

反対語： stupidity

よく使う表現： use your brains, brains and beauty, have brains

脳

頭の中にあり、思考や感情、動きをつかさどる器官。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： human brains, animal brains, study brains

頭脳、立役者

知恵を使い、物事を計画してまとめる中心人物。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： the brains behind something (She is the brains behind the new business.)

類義語： mastermind

よく使う表現： brains behind something, brains of something