cerebral
adjective
uk/ˈser.ə.brəl/us/ˈser.ə.brəl/medicalspecialized
relatingto thebrainor thecerebrum:
脑的,大脑的Hesuffereda cerebralhaemorrhage.
Thepatientsfrequentlyhad ahistoryofdiseaseleadingto cerebraldamage.
formal
demandingorinvolvingcarefulthinkingandmentaleffortratherthanfeelings:
理智的;理性的She makes cerebralfilmsthatdealwithimportantsocialissues.她拍摄的影片触动理智,讨论诸多重要的社会问题。
Chess is cerebral;videogamesarevisceral.
formal
intelligentandserious, andenjoyingseriousthoughtratherthanemotion:
Hisproblemwasn't hispolicies; it was hispersonality. He wassimplytoo cerebral and too out oftouchwithMiddleAmerica.
intelligent
- intelligentHe seems like a very intelligent young man.
- cleverI'm the cleverest kid in the class.
- smartShe's incredibly smart and a great writer.
- brightJacob was a very bright boy.
- sharpHow can we stay mentally sharp as we age?
- Thepatienthadpoorcerebralbloodflow.
- Thisreadablebut cerebralnovelasksseriousquestionsaboutartandlife.
- Hisadvisorstriedtopersuadehim to take a moreemotional, less cerebralapproach.
- Thefilmis acomedy, but it isfarfromslapstick; it was made by cerebral writer-directorDavidO. Russell.
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- illogically
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- non sequitur
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- teleological
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
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