The marketing team brainstorm for hour in designing the marketing campaign for the new product. 行销小组脑力激荡多时,集思广益,设计新产品的行销策略。
The board of director brainstorm all afternoon until they come up with a solution to their problem. 董事会费尽心思讨论了一下午,最终找到了一个解决问题的好办法。
brainstorm
[ noun ]
the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
<noun.cognition> [ verb ]
try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
<verb.cognition>
brainstorm \brain"storm`\ n. the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation; a sudden brilliant insight.
Syn: insight, brainwave. [WordNet 1.5]
brainstorm \brain"storm`\ v. t. & i. to try to solve a problem by discussing it exhaustively in an intense group meeting encouraging uninhibited and spontaneous contributions from all members.
Syn: practice brainstorming. [WordNet 1.5]
He said he saw a three-page fold-out photograph of the painting in a magazine and "had a tremendous sense of deja vu." "I like to think of it as a brainstorm," he joked.
Some cows bed down on shredded newspapers, thanks to the drought-inspired brainstorm of two University of Missouri dairymen.
One brainstorm: a clothing allowance for female execs. "It's fiction" that men and women have similar expenses for office work and obligatory social functions, he maintains.
Even Energy admits this brainstorm would cost some $5 billion in higher car prices and require big subsidies for the "alternatives" that aren't mass-produced yet.
Others say it was a last-minute brainstorm by an advertising agency creative type.
"We might traditionally nip at each other's heels being union and management," Rausch said. "The Japanese think things through and look at it form all different angles and they brainstorm on how to resolve an issue.