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单词 intellect
释义
intellect
(ɪntɪlekt )
Word forms: intellects
1. variable noun
Intellect is the ability to understand or deal with ideas and information.
Do the emotions develop in parallel with the intellect?
The intellect is not the most important thing in life.
Synonyms: intelligence, mind, reason, understanding  
2. variable noun [oft poss NOUN]
Intellect is the quality of being very intelligent or clever.
Her intellect is famed far and wide.
3. countable noun
If you describe someone as an intellect, you mean that they are very intelligent.
My boss isn't a great intellect.
Synonyms: thinker, intellectual, genius, mind  
Quotations:
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personalityAlbert EinsteinOut of My Later Years
I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care
Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness
And put on intellect
William BlakeJerusalem
Collocations:
keen intellect
With nothing but yarn, needles, hands, and her keen intellect, she conjured organic, seamless, and beautifully constructed garments.
Christianity Today
His keen intellect made it inevitable and proper that he should gain high office.
Times, Sunday Times
His educational philosophy emerged out of a keen intellect, a belief in the creativity and capability of every human being and an instinct to challenge tradition.
Times, Sunday Times
He will be remembered by many for his comedy and satire; it was his keen intellect and sharp observation that made it all possible.
Times, Sunday Times
Words spew forth in a runaway train of thought, scooping up information from his keen intellect, magpie eye and cultural references, to an often unexpected destination.
Times, Sunday Times
lack of intellect
That should not blind us to the general lack of expertise on these committees where a lack of intellect manifests itself in grandstanding and political point scoring.
Times, Sunday Times
We giggle at their lack of intellect.
Times, Sunday Times
When people mock him, they are not sneering at a lack of intellect, but a lack of opportunity; the most egregious kind of insult.
Times, Sunday Times
She uses her athleticism to compensate for her lack of intellect.
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He was known for his lack of intellect.
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sharp intellect
I found it intriguing that he used his sharp intellect and self-confidence for the wrong ends.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But her unassuming demeanour masked a sharp intellect and powers of observation essential for the task of a secret agent.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her energy and sharp intellect seemed to know no bounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
superior intellect
It's a way of keeping her superior intellect amused.
Times,Sunday Times
Do they really possess a superior intellect and work ethic?
Times, Sunday Times
A superior intellect in a world of idiotic poshos, a cunning plan and plenty of parping period music.
Times, Sunday Times
Most agree that, at some point at least, humans will have to consider what it means to coexist with robots of vastly superior intellect.
Times, Sunday Times
I feel humbled by your superior intellect.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 智力
Japanese: 知力
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