brainstorm
n. 灵机一动 v. 集体讨论
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A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
美国I had been working on the problem for weeks, and then I had a brainstorm and saw that the solution was easy.
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A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
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An unexpected mental error.
2005 October 5, "Iguchi hit ruins Red Sox's night", BBC Online, 5 October A terrible fielding error from Tony Graffanino proved costly. … Aaron Rowand collected an RBI double to get them off the mark before Graffanino's brainstorm. Juan Uribe hit a roller to the second baseman, who let the potential inning-ending double-play ball roll under his glove, leaving runners at first and third bases.
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Alternative form of brain storm (“activity in the brain, such as a seizure or convulsion”).
electrical brainstorm
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To investigate something, or solve a problem using brainstorming.
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To participate in a brainstorming session.
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To think up (ideas); especially, to do so creatively.
及物I need you to brainstorm some suggestions for next week's activity schedule.
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From brain + storm. In the sense of "problem-solve", devised as a method of group creative problem-solving by advertising executive Alex F. Osborn and his employees, who coined the term based on the image of using "the brain to storm a problem". First use appears c. 1945. In the sense of "seizure, convulsion, brain activity", from the unrelated idea that it resembles a storm in the brain. First use appears c. 1861.
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