单词 | ingeniously |
释义 | ingeniousin‧ge‧ni‧ous /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/ ●○○ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINingenious ExamplesOrigin: 1400-1500 French ingénieux, from Latin ingenium ‘natural ability’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora clever plan, idea, or way of doing something► clever Collocations especially British a clever idea, plan, or way of doing something is good and works well: · It sounds like a clever idea. Do you think it'll work?· Virtual Listening Systems have introduced one of the year's most unusual and clever new products.· I've thought of a really clever way of making money. ► intelligent an intelligent idea, question etc is thought of or asked by someone who is intelligent: · Have you got any intelligent suggestions to make?· Anne was surprised to hear such an intelligent question coming from a very small child. ► ingenious an ingenious method, idea, or piece of equipment is cleverly designed to do a job or solve a problem in a very original way: · A scanner is an ingenious device which enables you to feed pictures, photos or documents into a computer system.· American scientists have come up with an ingenious way of getting rid of cockroaches.· The catalogue is full of ingenious ideas for transforming your house into a dream home.· In the end it was Pete who thought of a really ingenious solution to the problem. ► neat an idea etc that is clever, simple, and effective: · One of our designers has come up with a neat idea for storing computer disks.· Taking up a sport is a neat way of meeting new people, and it's good for you too.· It's a complicated problem, and there's no neat solution. ► smart a system or machine such as a computer that is smart is cleverly designed and does something effectively: · The new software system is really smart and it's much quicker to use too. ► cunning carefully planned, clever, and intended to deceive people: · They use all kinds of cunning tricks to make people give them money.· His leadership style was to maintain power through a combination of force and cunning strategy.· a cunning marketing ploy ► crafty a crafty plan or way of doing something etc is one that is cleverly planned and involves deceiving other people, in a way that people admire: · It was a crafty question. "Why are you trying to catch me out?" he replied.· Jerry and Tony had worked out a crafty way of avoiding paying tax. ► inspired an inspired idea, plan etc is extremely clever and impressive and is one that someone suddenly thinks of, without knowing how or why: · "How did you know the answer to that?" "I didn't, it was just an inspired guess."· Even the most inspired forecasts of how prices are going to move can't be right all the time.· The band represents some of the best young talent that's around, resulting in a sound that's both innovative and inspired. ► bright idea a clever idea about how to do something: · I like it! It sounds like a really bright idea.· I don't know what kind of present she'd like -- if you have any bright ideas let me know.have/come up with the bright idea of doing something (=often used humorously): · George came up with the bright idea of visiting every pub we passed. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cunning/clever/ingenious plan 1an ingenious plan, idea, or object works well and is the result of clever thinking and new ideas: Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators. an ingenious device2someone who is ingenious is very good at inventing things or at thinking of new ideas—ingeniously adverb· They devised a cunning plan to get back their money.· The gang devised a cunning plan to rob the bank. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more· A more ingenious theory claims that the stripes operate as a form of visual bonding between members of each herd.· As the Victorian age got under way, ever more ingenious technologies aided the steady advance of drainage.· Some slave-makers are more ingenious. ► most· On the face of it a most ingenious scheme.· It was a most ingenious demonstration.· He was the most ingenious fisherman, the most resourceful craftsman, and the most competent sailor whom I had ever met.· Undoubtedly one of the most ingenious house tracks ever.· But their most ingenious use is in the making of insect traps.· Even so the most ingenious phraseology could not truly reconcile the many disparate concerns of the allies.· Great, thought Sly, a most ingenious paradox. NOUN► method· Some advertise their trips as environmental Journeys and have hit on an ingenious method of sponsorship.· He had been using an ingenious method.· Considerable effort has gone into evaluating the risks and developing ingenious methods to reduce them. ► way· An ingenious way of opening a second front.· Volunteers, sometimes wearing blue lapel pins in the shape of crutches, raised money in numerous and often ingenious ways.· A more rare and highly ingenious way of decorating carnelian was invented by the Sumerians.· He had to admit it was an ingenious way to phrase the question to a young audience.· Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators, - mostly other fish.· Other corporations have devised ingenious ways to test and season their executives, according to McCall et al.· Instead, in an ingenious way, it uses a flywheel generator.· What he really enjoyed was the challenge and the stimulation of new problems to be solved in new and ingenious ways. ► ways· Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators, - mostly other fish.· Volunteers, sometimes wearing blue lapel pins in the shape of crutches, raised money in numerous and often ingenious ways.· Although some bugs rarely indulge, others enjoy it on demand, and in many ingenious ways.· Other corporations have devised ingenious ways to test and season their executives, according to McCall et al.· What he really enjoyed was the challenge and the stimulation of new problems to be solved in new and ingenious ways. |
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