词汇精选：brand的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

商标，品牌，牌子

例句：

You are going to name the brand after yourself?

你要用自己的名字做商标？

例句：

One in ten said they preferred their old brand of margarine.

有十分之一的人说比较喜欢老牌子的人造黄油。

一种，一类

例句：

He has his own brand of humour.

他自有别具一格的幽默。

例句：

The British brand of socialism was more interested in reform than revolution.

英国式的社会主义更加注重改革，而不是革命。

烙印

例句：

These cattle have brand on them.

这些牛身上打有烙印。

例句：

It is the brand of villainy.

这是罪恶的烙印。

污名，耻辱

例句：

I'm afraid he'll bear the brand of a coward all his life.

他恐怕要终身背负“懦夫”的污名了。

燃烧（或烧焦）的木头

例句：

It was no more than a dying brand.

那是一块要熄灭的木头。

v.

打烙印于…；加商标于… [T]

例句：

Have you branded these cattle?

你给这些牛打上烙印了吗？

例句：

The owner couldn't be bothered to brand the cattle.

主人懒得给牛打烙印。

加污名于…，谴责 [T]

例句：

Some people branded the Premier as a man without principle.

有些人谴责首相是个没有原则的人。

例句：

They branded him as a traitor.

他们给他加上叛逆者的污名。

铭刻于，铭记 [T]

例句：

These frightful experiences are branded on his memory.

这些可怕的经历深深铭刻在他的记忆中。

例句：

The experiences of his unhappy childhood are branded on his memory.

他童年的不幸遭遇铭刻在他的记忆里。

二、词义辨析：

brand,trademark

这两个名词均含有“商标”之意。brand指生产厂家为自己的产品所取的专用名称。trademark指通过合法注册而印在商品上的特殊标记，即商标。

三、相关短语：

brand name

n. 商标, 品牌

四、参考例句：

brand spokesperson

品牌代言人

Choose whichever brand you prefer.

挑选你喜欢的那个品牌。

He has his own brand of humor.

他有他独特的幽默感。

I will stage a brand new play.

我将展现全新的剧本。

What is your favorite brand of cigarettes?

你最喜欢哪种牌子的香烟?

Which brand of toothpaste do you use?

你用什么牌子的牙膏？

Mineralogy is a brand of the geology.

矿物学是地质学的一个分支。

The cosmetic brand is her favorite.

这化妆品牌子是她的最爱。

These cattle have brand on them.

这些牛身上打有烙印。

Winston is a brand of cigarette.

云斯顿是一种香烟品牌。