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1 brainwash
verb (to force (a person) to confess etc by putting great (psychological) pressure on him: The terrorists brainwashed him into believing in their ideals.) fazer lavagem ao cérebro -
2 brainwash
verb (to force (a person) to confess etc by putting great (psychological) pressure on him: The terrorists brainwashed him into believing in their ideals.) fazer lavagem cerebral -
3 brain
[brein]1) (the centre of the nervous system: an injury to the brain; ( also adjective) brain surgery; brain damage.) cérebro2) ((often in plural) cleverness: a good brain; You've plenty of brains.) cabeça3) (a clever person: He's one of the best brains in the country.) inteligência•- brainy
- brainchild
- brain drain
- brainwash
- brainwashing
- brainwave* * *[brein] n 1 cérebro, miolo. 2 (geralmente brains) inteligência, intelecto. 3 sl crânio: a) pessoa muito inteligente. b) aluno que tira notas altas. • vt quebrar a cabeça de alguém, esfacelar o crânio. he blew out his brains ele deu um tiro na cabeça. he has his music on the brain ele só pensa na sua música. he knocked out his enemy’s brains ele esmagou a cabeça do seu inimigo. -
4 brain
[brein]1) (the centre of the nervous system: an injury to the brain; ( also adjective) brain surgery; brain damage.) cérebro2) ((often in plural) cleverness: a good brain; You've plenty of brains.) inteligência, cabeça3) (a clever person: He's one of the best brains in the country.) cabeça•- brainy - brainchild - brain drain - brainwash - brainwashing - brainwave
См. также в других словарях:
brainwash — rainwash v. [imp. & p. p. {brainwashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {brainwashing}] 1. to persuade completely; as, the propaganda brainwashed many people. [WordNet 1.5] 2. to to indoctrinate forcibly or by means of torture, or by constant psychological… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brainwash — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Hatecore Gründung 2001 Aktuelle Besetzung … Deutsch Wikipedia
brainwash — index convert (persuade), influence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
brainwash — [v] force to believe or do things alter, catechize, condition, convert, convince, educate, indoctrinate, influence, instill, persuade, proselytize, teach; concept 14 … New thesaurus
brainwash — ► VERB ▪ subject (someone) to a prolonged process to transform their attitudes and beliefs totally … English terms dictionary
brainwash — ☆ brainwash [brān′wôsh΄] vt. Informal to indoctrinate so intensively and thoroughly as to effect a radical transformation of beliefs and mental attitudes … English World dictionary
brainwash — UK [ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ] / US [ˈbreɪnˌwɑʃ] verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms brainwash : present tense I/you/we/they brainwash he/she/it brainwashes present participle brainwashing past tense brainwashed past participle brainwashed to force… … English dictionary
brainwash — brain|wash [ˈbreınwɔʃ US wo:ʃ, wa:ʃ] v [T] to make someone believe something that is not true, by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time ▪ Young people are being brainwashed by this religious group.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
brainwash — [[t]bre͟ɪnwɒʃ[/t]] brainwashes, brainwashing, brainwashed VERB If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly. [V n into ing] They… … English dictionary
brainwash — verb (T) to make someone believe something that is not true, by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time: Young people are being brainwashed by this religious group. | brainwash sb into doing sth:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
brainwash — brain|wash [ breın,waʃ ] verb transitive often passive to force someone to accept a particular set of beliefs by repeating the same idea many times so that the person cannot think in an independent way: Her father said she had been brainwashed by … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English