intellectual
英 [,?nt?'lekt???l; -tj??l]
美[,?nt?'l?kt?u?l]
- adj. 智力的；聰明的；理智的
- n. 知識分子；憑理智做事者
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?intellectuals;副詞:?intellectually;名詞:?intellectualism;
中文詞源
intellectual 智力的，有才智的
來自intellect,智力。
英文詞源
- intellectual (adj.)
- late 14c., "grasped by the understanding" (rather than by the senses), from Old French intellectuel and directly from Latin intellectualis "relating to the understanding," from intellectus "discernment, understanding," from past participle stem of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence). Intellectual property attested from 1845. Other adjective formations included intellective (late 15c.), intellectile (1670s).
- intellectual (n.)
- 1590s, "mind, intellect," from intellectual (adj.); sense of "an intellectual person" is from 1650s. Related: Intellectuals.
雙語例句
- 1. They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social inferiors.
- 他們非常勢利，不喜歡智力和社會地位不如自己的人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Sontag has always been that rarity, a glamorous intellectual.
- 桑塔格一直是那種兼具美貌與智慧的人中龍鳳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Without continued learning, graduates will lose their intellectual vitality.
- 如果不繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)，畢業(yè)生就會失去思想上的活力。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation.
- 在被占領(lǐng)期間法國思想界受到了壓制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.
- 從智識、道德和現(xiàn)實(shí)的角度來看，這一論點(diǎn)是站不住腳的。
來自柯林斯例句
