释义 |
ˈinsightful, a. [f. insight n.1 + -ful.] Characterized by insight. Also ˈinsightfully adv.
1907Galsworthy Country House ii. i. 104 As if she had been guilty of thoughts too insightful, Mrs Pendyce blushed. 1932Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 196 The letters so distorted cannot have been insightfully apprehended. 1934Ibid. July 5 When the problem passes the threshold of insightful understanding these answers are chosen more frequently. 1945Jrnl. Compar. Psychol. XXXVIII. 367 (title) The relation of previous experience to insightful problem-solving. 1951Mind LX. 518 Behaviour which we might call ‘knowing’ or ‘insightful’. 1955Sci. Amer. Apr. 109/1 Myers was a goose, but he was also brilliant, insightful and high-minded. 1957R. K. Merton Student-Physician 177 Physicians and educators have often commented insightfully on their own experiences. 1967Language XLIII. 744 A sensible and insightful account of the history of linguistic thought. 1970D. L. Emblen Peter Mark Roget (1971) xv. 276 A remarkably insightful—if somewhat cavalier—critic. 1973N. & Q. Jan. 24/1 Mr. Shippey has written an insightful and in many ways exciting study for the non-specialist university student and teacher. |