我们公司的老板 Bruce 是个标准的中年油腻型大叔，他这个人哪儿都好，就是有点儿耳根子软，说白了就是没啥主见，甭管什么大小事儿都得先征求一下别人的意见，尤其是他有个由几位美国同乡组成的"brain trust", 就是我们常说的智囊团，或者专家顾问团。
今天就和大家说一下这个"brain trust"，字面儿上看就是“大脑相信”嘛~是不是很贴切？对喽，你的大脑所相信的人，不就是给你出主意的智囊团嘛，有没有太好记？！
(一般)专家顾问团；智囊团；咨询团；政府的智囊团；智囊机构
【En】a group of people who advise a leader. 为领导提供建议的一群人。A group of experts who are chosen to be advisors to a person in power and aid in making important decisions. 被选为当权者的顾问并帮助做出重要决策的专家组。A brain trust is a group of experts who advise important people in a government or organization. 智囊团是指为政府或组织中的重要人物提供建议的一群专家。
● The president faces conflicting advice from his brain trust.
总统面临着来自智囊团的相互矛盾的建议。
● The president of our company is a young man who likes to hear fresh ideas. So he's organized a brain trust of the professors he had in college who meet once a month to give him advice.
我们公司的总裁是一位喜欢听取新鲜意见的年轻人。所以他组织了一个由大学教授组成的智囊团，每个月见面一次，给他出主意、建议。
● The director of our institute makes us feel useless because he only listens to his own brain trust. He totally ignores the ideas from those who work for him in the institute.
我们研究所的主任只听取那些外来顾问的意见，这使得我们感到好像我们都是没有用的人。他把所里工作人员提出的意见完全不当一回事。
● Each town manager seemed to have his or her own brain trust, which of course changed with every election.
每个镇的管理者似乎都有自己的智囊团，当然，这种情况随着每次选举而改变。
● The candidate's brain trust is gathering this weekend to plan strategy for the primary election.
这个候选人的智囊团这个周末要碰头制定初选策略。
● All politicians need a brain trust to help guide them through the campaign process and stay informed of the important issues facing their constituency.
所有的政客都需要一个智囊团来帮助引导他们完成竞选过程，并随时了解他们选区面临的重要问题。
